My 80p bag of crisps shows how inflation creeps up, so fight the spike

SIMON LAMBERT: My 80p bag of crisps shows how inflation creeps up on us, so make sure your money is fighting the spike By Simon Lambert for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 09:02 BST, 15 July 2021 | Updated: 09:02 BST, 15 July 2021 My mind long ago anchored the price of an ordinary-sized bag of crisps at … Read more

UK jobless rate creeps up to 5 per cent as employment slides

UK jobless rate creeps up to 5 per cent – the highest since 2016 – as employment slides with 800,000 fewer people on payroll than before the pandemic struck.. but the true damage is being masked by furlough ONS figures show unemployment has hit 5 per cent, highest level since 2016 Employment has fallen as … Read more

CPI inflation creeps up to 0.7 per cent as prices of food and clothing rise

CPI inflation creeps up to 0.7 per cent putting more pressure on families as prices of food and clothing rise The headline CPI inflation rate rose from 0.5 per cent to 0.7 per cent in October Clothing and food prices were the main cause of the increase, the ONS said The rise confounded the expectations … Read more

The one lesson I’ve learned from life: Gloria Estefan says if fear creeps in – don’t give it energy

The one lesson I’ve learned from life: Gloria Estefan says if fear creeps in – don’t give it energy Gloria Estefan, 62, found fame with the Miami Sound Machine in the 1980s  She has learned to focus on what she wants to happen, rather than her fears  Singer who lives in Florida, recalls channeling the … Read more

Ashley James hits out at ‘creeps’ for sexualising her post about bra fittings

‘I wish more people with big boobs owned their bodies’: Ashley James hits out at ‘creeps’ for sexualising her post about bra fittings By Rebecca Lawrence For Mailonline Published: 15:46 BST, 29 June 2020 | Updated: 15:46 BST, 29 June 2020 Ashley James was left exasperated after a post she made about bra fittings was … Read more

Rush-hour traffic creeps up with another 1% rise on roads around London

Rush-hour is creeping back: Congestion in London is 5% higher than it was at the start of the lockdown and is rising by 1% a week – as traffic on UK roads also hits new peak Swathes of drivers returning to the roads daily despite lockdown still in place Statistics revealed that traffic levels across … Read more