The Institute for Fiscal Studies said households are saddled with £8,000 of non-mortgage debts, totalling £230 billion across the UK. And the coronavirus pandemic means incomes are falling.

Households up and down the country are hoping Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will come up with a couple of ‘surprise’ announcements.

Theresa May has told Chancellor Philip Hammond to make middle and low-income families in the UK a priority in next week’s Autumn Statement.

This type of lottery already exists in some poverty stricken states in the US - could a launch here help lower income households into the savings habit, while satisfying a craving to gamble?

Coloured bed linen, wire hangers, half-drunk wine bottles and mismatched towels should all be confined to the heady days of university. So what staples should every adult home have instead?

Excluding mortgages, personal debts hit a record total of £428billion in the third quarter of 2018 - which is 33 per cent higher than in 2008 just before the financial crisis.

Periods of free borrowing on best-buy balance transfer cards have shortened by nearly 20 per cent in a year, according to figures compiled by data company Moneyfacts.

British homes in lockdown are using 41 hours of internet a week, or nearly six hours a day - a rise of 29 per cent, according to a new survey from price comparison site Uswitch.

The number of customers who switched to a new deal following a face-to-face sales pitch rose by 38 per cent to 1.1million in the year to October, according to analysts Cornwall Insight.

More than 11million households in Britain are at risk of overpaying £3.5billion on their energy bills this year, simply because the Big Six refuse to give them a better deal, new research claims.

Britain's suppliers have joined with the Government to ensure that households across the UK will be able to keep the lights on whilst they are in self isolation.

Energy bills will fall for around 15million households with Ofgem announcing a price cap reduction of £17 a year.

Despite losing customers, Eon said its total earnings before tax and interest increased to £2.9bn in 2019, and it expects earnings to increase again in 2020.

It is thought that 16.8million people will no longer be going into their normal workplace as a result of measures to delay the spread of the coronavirus.

Everything from phone bills to NHS prescriptions are due to go up from today, but there are ways to save money. BT, EE, O2, Three and Vodafone are all hiking prices between now and May.

The rises will come as a large chunk of households are under strain thanks to the coronavirus outbreak impact on job security, mortgage payments and other personal finances.

One in ten customers could be due a rebate of more than £200, while almost half are owed £136, says Uswitch. Overpayments arise when bills are paid by direct debit.

The average annual cost of a combined gas and electricity bill is around £1,034, but due to increased usage whilst people are stuck inside, this could rise to £1,421.

While parents in cities are tutoring their children at home using digital tools and technology amid the ongoing COVID-19-induced lockdown which has led to closure of schools, those in villages are utilising simple household items like fruits, buttons and pulses to homeschool kids. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a nationwide lockdown from March 25 to April 14 and urged the country of around 1.3 billion people to stay home in view of the coronavirus outbreak. The restrictions were first extended till May 3 and again extended till May 17. The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,981 and the number of cases climbed to 59,662 in the country on Saturday, registering an increase of 95 deaths and 3,320 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry. As most of the educational institutions in cities across the country are offering online classes due to the lockdown, parents too are chipping in to educate their kids at home using iPads, tabs and ...

COVID-19 lockdown is beginning to affect our physical health. With restrictions on movements (except for buying essentials and medicines), people are unable to fulfil their daily fitness routines. While fitness freaks and celebrities are still on with their daily workout

Indeed, our house is where all of us rush to in order to seek comfort. After having survived a long day at work, it is only here that we find peace. This is the reason why many people are seen to

Air pollution has detrimental effects on our body. Sometimes air pollution occurs inside our house and it is very risky compared to the air pollution outside. This is due to the fact that we spent a considerable amount of time in

One in four Portuguese with a monthly household income of 650 euros ($705) or less have lost all their income because of the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak, a study by the National School of Public Health showed on Saturday.

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