When will the cost-of-living crisis end?

Comparisons with other commodities are a useful reality-check

July 2025

Richard Hughes, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), puts it simply, says The Telegraph. “The UK cannot afford the array of promises that it has made to the public.” The OBR’s “dismal”

Picking through a murky market outlook for the rest of 2025

Issue of the week: are markets too complacent? ...

Although women typically live longer than men, we tend to head into retirement with smaller pension pots. Little wonder then that new research by Royal London shows that 49% of women over 50 with a pe