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Almost half of low-income families are believed to be in debt distress already

Consumers in Britain are least likely among Europeans to buy fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and fish, relying instead on reconstituted meats and high levels of salt and sugar.

What is your biggest expense? For Britons, it’s getting around.

Households are spending more on hire purchase loan agreements for second hand cars and package holidays, Office for National Statistics figures show.

A no-deal Brexit will leave millions of British households £500 a year worse off, a major new study has found. The detailed research concludes those who “struggle to get food on the table” will be hit hardest, with new trade tariffs causing the cost of essential goods to rise significantly.

Report backed by business leaders says gains from growth are going largely into profits for corporations rather than wages

The Archbishop of Canterbury says the rich-poor divide in parts of the UK is destabilising.

The Archbishop of Canterbury calls for "fundamental reform" as the gap between the richest and poorest in society widens.

Economic think tank say poorer families will be more exposed to any price increases because they spend a greater proportion of their income on food

A new report finds that while UK households look relatively well-placed to cope with an interest rate hike, policymakers have to account for lower income households that are already struggling to pay off their debts.

Exclusive: health experts warn increasing popularity of industrially-made food will lead to negative effects such as obesity and poor health

The average UK household spent £554.20 per week in the year to the end of last March, the highest level since before the financial crisis after adjusting for inflation, official data has shown. According to the Office for National Statistics, the figure marks a rise of £21.20 in real terms when compared with the previous year.

Average UK household spending has returned to levels not seen since before the economic downturn, with the East of England among the top-spending regions, new figures show.

This isn’t quite right, but wage growth is at its lowest level in peacetime since the Napoleonic Wars.

Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker have a "friendly" dinner - but there's no sign of a breakthrough.

Britain’s economic model is “broken” and failing to generate rising prosperity for most of the UK population, according to a major new report. The IPPR’s Commission on Economic Justice argues in its interim publication that the UK economy requires a structural overhaul on the scale of the founding of the welfare state by Labour in the 1940s and the Thatcher rollback of the state in the 1980s.

IPPR Commission demands massive reform.

A major report warns cash is going into company profits rather than workers' wages

Capitalism in Britain is broken and needs urgent reform because it is leaving young people worse off than their parents, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.

UK households could face “considerable and unpredictable” fluctuations in food prices after Brexit thanks to increased trade barriers and a weak pound, according to a think tank. The Institute for Fiscal Studies said that the future of food prices will remain “highly uncertain” until the outcome of trade negotiations is known.