Incomes

Official figures suggest pensioners now enjoy higher levels of disposable income

Pensioners reach middle-income status at expense of families

Official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that there has been a big rise in pensioners who are now in the middle-income bracket at the expense of working families.

Families lifestyles are suffering from the impact of rising costs, says the JRF

Families lose out as cost of living increases more than earnings

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says a family of four need to earn £36,800 to live a "socially acceptable" lifestyle and living cost increases have impacted families more than single people.

Research suggests that energy costs have risen seven times faster than incomes

Energy bills "have risen seven times faster than incomes"

New research from uSwitch.com indicates that gas and electricity costs have risen seven times faster than rises in incomes since 2004.

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