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43% of Brits are feeling worse off than they felt last year and 17% struggle to afford essentials, despite inflation dipping below 2% last week, new research shows.

Nearly 90% of Brits feel that the cost of living crisis is ongoing, despite the Chancellor writing in the Times last week that “the economic picture is far better than many would have you believe”.

Living standards may not improve for years despite today’s inflation figures showing that prices are stabilising, cost of living campaigners have warned. The Stop the Squeeze campaign, a coalition of 56 civil society organisations, trade unions and grassroots groups, has said that unless urgent action is taken to change the way the economy works, stretched budgets will become the “new normal”.

Living standards may not improve for years despite today’s inflation figures showing that prices are stabilising, cost of living campaigners have warned. The Stop the Squeeze campaign, a coalition of over 50 civil society organisations, trade unions and grassroots groups, has said that unless urgent action is taken to change the way the economy works, stretched budgets will become the “new normal”.

Additional energy bill support remains number one priority for public, as Ofgem set to announce lower price cap

Millions more people will find themselves unable to afford basic essentials if the government fails to plug the gap left by the premature withdrawal of additional cost of living support, a coalition of civil society organisations has warned.

Ahead of the Spring Budget, Stop the Squeeze, a leading coalition of NGOs, trade unions and civil society organisations, analysed data on voter priorities in Labour’s 150 target seats to win the next election and found that the cost of living is the top issue for voters in 92% of these seats.

New poll shows National Insurance cut has not dented public’s financial concerns, as major civil society coalition urges bolder government action on cost of living crisis