Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...“The country has been living in a peacetime dream, and our ability to understand the art of deterrence has atrophied,” the second defence insider said....
...In this election year, living standards could slip even further for families already facing desperate choices....
...Still, in a book that’s about the hard work of living, it’s apt to demand that readers have to work, too. Don’t be put off by the eclecticism....
...The commission’s intervention comes against the backdrop of the White House grappling to bring down living costs as President Joe Biden seeks re-election this year....
...In September, Richard Houston, UK chief executive of Deloitte, said he expected markets to “remain challenging” as Britain contended with ongoing cost of living concerns and slow economic growth....
...If I can help them pick up a racket or simply get fit and enjoy the benefits of healthy living, then I’ll be happy to have made a difference.”...
...Both revenues and adjusted earnings climbed last year, Asda said on Monday, as the group’s low-cost range Just Essentials and the launch of its loyalty app helped drive sales during a cost of living squeeze...
...For its deals, Nvidia, the chip company, has been offering scarce graphics processing units, essential for running the latest AI models....
...Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said a military operation in Rafah is essential to root out Hamas militants from Gaza, although there are no signs yet of an imminent ground offensive....
...However, Jon Sparkes, chief executive of Unicef UK, says that removing the two-child limit is essential if a future government wants to “shift the dial” significantly on child poverty....
...She said economic growth was essential for raising living standards and funding strong public services. Read more here....
...Angus Tuck says “What we Tucks have, you can’t call it living. We just . . . are. We’re like rocks, stuck at the side of a stream.”...
...promised to boost the childcare offer for working families, host Claer Barrett marks International Women’s Day by speaking to a panel of experts about the true cost of childcare, and how investing in this “essential...
...If the US does not pass the bill, “it will leave me wondering what world we are living in”, Zelenskyy said, but added that he was confident that the US Congress would ultimately agree to the package....
...Admission charges, vital for venues with high overheads, have also been a sticking point for young people stung by the cost of living....
...Spending on non-essential items increased just 1.7 per cent year on year last month, the slowest rate of increase since September 2022, according to the payments company....
...Notwithstanding past under-recognition of conditions such as ADHD, the pressure to diagnose the problems of living as “mental health issues” has never been greater....
...Such activities, she says, provide a much-needed sense of relief and a safe space for girls and young women living in marginalised and remote areas such as Hebron, where there is limited access to essential...
...He was concerned with living people going through a contemporary crisis.’...
...It added that it was helping households “by providing £3,700 on average in cost of living support” and through its mortgage charter....
...However, Steve Holt, the Liberal Democrat leader of Eastbourne council, said this fell “a long, long way short of what we need to avoid decimating essential frontline services”....
...Some economists said the figures from the trade body added to recent data showing an easing in cost of living pressures and pointed to an impending rebound in retail sales, as declining inflation boosted...
...“If we are living up to the projected increases that these companies are investing in, the future is even more catastrophic.”...
...It’s life with the essential parts severed, the tragedies but also the joys, the beauty shot through with despair. Life without the living. I remember the first thing I tried to grow....
...The body added that councils would be confronted with the tough choice of whether or not to raise taxes in April amid a cost of living crisis....
International Edition