Section: Cost of living
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New menu for benefit claimants proves surprise hit for Lebanese restaurant
South London businessman says he wants to give people on low incomes the right to go out to eat with their families
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Bangladeshi and Pakistani families worst affected by poverty in UK
Joseph Rowntree Foundation also found the West Midlands is the only region where poverty rates have risen since the mid-1990s
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Eating less and washing in cold water: what it means to lose the winter fuel payment
Rachel Reeves has cut cold weather benefits for 10 million pensioners. But schemes to help those who lose it may not touch the sides
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‘It’s a dead town’: Bradford remains a victim of the decline of the UK high street
The cost of living crisis was just the latest blow to small businesses in the Yorkshire city. Can Bradford’s City of Culture status save the high street?
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The rising cost of Ramadan
Over the past two years, food prices have gone up rapidly. We look into how this will affect British Muslims during the holy month
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The grassroots money-management schemes many Muslim women bank on
Rotating savings clubs offer time-honoured solutions amid the ongoing cost of living crisis
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The Muslim Sisters of Eire take their mission to the streets
A Dublin-based women’s group is changing Ireland’s perception of Islam by helping some of Ireland’s most vulnerable people
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Food price rises are changing the Great British iftar
As the cost of living crisis continues to bite, Muslims across the UK are planning for a more frugal Ramadan
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Brexit and spiralling costs cast a dark shadow over the UK’s curry houses
Faced with dwindling custom and an increasingly harsh economic climate, many businesses are closing their doors for the final time
