‘I never thought we would go back to this’: Gordon Brown speaks out at Fife’s ‘bank of food banks’

Ex-PM laments need for vast warehouse as the next, necessary step in helping hard-up families in the grip of mounting poverty

UK mortgages: could equity release help with rising costs?

Record numbers are freeing up money from their homes to cope with the UK’s cost of living squeeze

The potential impact of the chancellor’s various options and which ones we think he will pursue

Concerns grow that people relying on communal heating may not receive state discount promised

Poor ergonomics contributed to number of ‘economically inactive’ people and to UK’s labour shortage

Anxiety Nation report finds clear links between financial insecurity and poor mental health

The drop follows two years of growth, although property professionals recorded some regional variation

Exclusive: NAO to investigate deal amid calls for greater transparency over price paid to government

Regulator says vulnerable households put on prepayment meters can be left without power for days and even weeks

Customers anxiously await orders as Next buys online furniture brand, domain names and intellectual property

Housebuilder says cancellation rate has risen sharply because of interest rates and economic uncertainty

It is still sending bills to his account which his widow can’t access

More everyday items are being salvaged, with cost of living crisis expected to increase such interest

Two surveys show extent of cost of living crisis as businesses enter what should be most profitable period

Halifax reports steepest monthly drop since February 2021 amid interest rate rises