From Thatcher to Johnson: how right to buy has fuelled a 40-year housing crisis
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‘It feels like a way to change your fortunes – that’s the British dream,” says the writer and housing rights campaigner Vicky Spratt on right to buy. When she began researching Tenants, her new book about Britain’s dy...
UK national lottery ticket sales hit by cost of living crisis, says Camelot
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Camelot, the outgoing UK national lottery operator, has said players have “tightened their belts” in the face of soaring living costs, as it reported lower sales of tickets and instant win games. L'azienda, che ha...
Shop workers blame cost of living stress for rising abuse
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Abuse and violence towards shop workers and service staff is on the rise again, la ricerca mostra, with a quarter of those reporting hostility blaming the cost of living crisis putting increased stress on customers. Figu...
Sri Lanka suspends fuel sales for two weeks as economic crisis worsens
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Cash-strapped Sri Lanka has announced a two-week halt to all fuel sales except for essential services and called for a partial shutdown as its unprecedented economic crisis deepened. The south Asian nation is facing i...
Warnings of mental health crisis among ‘Covid generation’ of students
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The pandemic has had a lasting legacy on the mental health of the “Covid generation” of students, exacerbating rates of anxiety, depression and self-harm and resulting in a “significant rise” in young people strugglin...
