Too Good To Go on the rise in London, as demand for the surplus food app soars nationwide amidst cost of living crisis

Too Good To Go on the rise in London, as demand for the surplus food app soars nationwide amidst cost of living crisis

The world’s largest food saving app, Too Good To Go, has reported a surge in demand amidst the cost of living crisis. In the UK from March to July 2022, Too Good... Read more »
New UK leader promises to tackle energy crisis, economy

New UK leader promises to tackle energy crisis, economy

LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss became U.K. prime minister on Tuesday and immediately confronted the enormous task ahead of her amid increasing pressure to curb soaring prices, ease labor unrest and fix... Read more »
‘It’s cold, it’s mouldy, we’re ill non-stop’: the UK families living in fear of winter | UK cost of living crisis

‘It’s cold, it’s mouldy, we’re ill non-stop’: the UK families living in fear of winter | UK cost of living crisis

Last winter Ayaat, four, was “severely ill, coughing all night”, as damp afflicted her family’s temporary council home in Dagenham, east London. As mould spread, her sisters, Ayesha, six, and Anisa, seven,... Read more »
Selling up and raising rents: how landlords are cashing in and exacerbating the cost of living crisis | Ruby Lott-Lavigna

Selling up and raising rents: how landlords are cashing in and exacerbating the cost of living crisis | Ruby Lott-Lavigna

Sarah* had been living with a friend in the same rental flat in south-west London for the past three years. But when she came to renew her tenancy this June, the agency... Read more »
Cost of living: Number of energy crisis hotspots in south east London

Cost of living: Number of energy crisis hotspots in south east London

Dozens of neighbourhoods across south east London will be among the worst impacted by the energy crisis when the price cap rises in October, new data shows. On Friday, regulator Ofgem announced... Read more »
UK ‘energy crisis hotspots’ identify areas at greatest risk from rising bills | Energy bills

UK ‘energy crisis hotspots’ identify areas at greatest risk from rising bills | Energy bills

Residents in Birmingham, Bradford and Cornwall will be hit hardest by spiralling energy prices as the crisis threatens to deepen this week, a study has shown. The areas contain the largest number... Read more »
Cost of living crisis pushing more women into sex work – and unable to refuse dangerous clients | UK News

Cost of living crisis pushing more women into sex work – and unable to refuse dangerous clients | UK News

The cost of living crisis is pushing more women into sex work and leaving them unable to say no to violent and exploitative clients, outreach workers have told Sky News. With inflation... Read more »
Chaos after heat crashes computers at leading London hospitals | Climate crisis

Chaos after heat crashes computers at leading London hospitals | Climate crisis

Two of the UK’s leading hospitals have had to cancel operations, postpone appointments and divert seriously ill patients to other centres for the past three weeks after their computers crashed at the... Read more »
XR protesters smash windows of News UK over coverage of Britain’s heatwave | Climate crisis

XR protesters smash windows of News UK over coverage of Britain’s heatwave | Climate crisis

Extinction Rebellion protesters have smashed windows at the London headquarters of Rupert Murdoch’s media company, in protest at his outlets’ coverage of the climate crisis. Activists targeted the News UK building next... Read more »
‘Terrifying’, ‘desperate’ and getting worse — inside London’s rental market crisis (where deposits can cost £100,000)

‘Terrifying’, ‘desperate’ and getting worse — inside London’s rental market crisis (where deposits can cost £100,000)

(Evening Standard composite) T wo months ago, Freya Feilding decided she was ready to move in with her boyfriend. The 28-year-old medical researcher told her three housemates she’d be leaving their rented... Read more »