UK inflation: which goods and services have changed most in price?

From olive oil to tea and clothing to recreation, how the cost of everyday items varies

Millions of UK households forced to unplug fridge or freezer amid rising bills

Families resorting to ‘desperate measures’ and struggling with ‘frightening’ level of hardship amid cost of living crisis

Rising interest rates wipe £200m off British Land’s property portfolio

Underlying profits, however, up 3.4% to £142m in half year to end of September, driven by higher market rents

British millennials still bearing scars of 2008 financial crisis, says research

Generation Y counterparts in the US have closed living standards gap on previous generations

Landlords sell up in Great Britain as buy-to-let market sours

Owners sell to offset losses from tax changes and rate hikes, meaning fewer homes to rent and thus higher rents

Royal Mail stamp swap customers were sent fraud warnings

Scores of applications in old-for-new scheme rejected, with stamps deemed used or fake

Many unhappy returns: UK retailers count the costly growth in sent-back items

Mounting waste, rising costs and shrinking profits prompt firms to find ways to deter shoppers from sending stuff back

UK energy bills: could doing your washing at night save you cash?

Some electricity tariffs reward households willing to move consumption to off-peak hours

Heat pumps tempt Twickenham residents – if the house is ready for one

In one well-to-do London street, eagerness to make the shift from boilers is dampened by worries about disruption and hidden costs

New mortgage deal falls below 5% in ‘watershed moment’ for UK homeowners

Nationwide’s two-year fixed rate deal offered at 4.99% as lenders jostle for customers

Shop like a billionaire? I bought six items from Temu – the app that’s sweeping the world

Amid the cost of living crisis, China’s answer to Amazon is proving wildly popular, with more than 100m app downloads this year. But are the items any good?

Energy efficiency scheme for cold homes going at a glacial pace, says Labour

Government’s Energy Company Obligation has managed to upgrade only 65,000 homes since April 2022, figures show

Water regulator starts a ‘crackdown’ on bonuses about 30 years too late

Ofwat’s newfound interest in executive pay in the water industry is merely a tweak

UK housing market is past its ‘peak pain’, declares Savills

Upmarket estate agent says prices will start to bottom out in 2024 as interest rates fall and will return to growth in 2025

North Sea oil and gas: what is the new licensing scheme, and will it cut bills?

Rishi Sunak signalled changes in the king’s speech that create a policy divide with Labour