The Guardian – Revealed: How poor paid for price of cheapflation
The Guardian reports on “cheapflation”, referencing a new study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies which has found that Britain’s poorest households were hit the hardest between 2021-2023. The study suggests cheaper food brands saw the biggest price rises during the cost of living crisis. The cost of the least expensive groceries rose by more than a third in the two years to last September whilst the most expensive items rose by 16%, the study says.
In a special project, The Guardian looks at the lives of 50 women killed already this year. The newspaper says a woman is killed by a man every three days in the UK.
Revealed: how UK’s poor paid price of ‘cheapflation’ in cost of living crisis
The bill for a weekly shop in Britain’s poorest households rose by far more than it did in wealthy homes during the height of the cost of living crisis as the sharpest price increases affected cheaper brands, research reveals.
The study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found the least well-off had been hardest hit by “cheapflation” in the 2021-23 period – paying 29.1% more for their food, compared with 23.5% for better-off households.
The report, which lays bare the disproportionate impact of rising food prices on the poor, has been released to coincide with the latest cost of living figures from the Office for National Statistics.
The data showed Britain’s annual inflation rate rose to 2.2% last month – its first increase since December last year – as domestic energy bills fell by less than in July 2023.
The IFS said grocery items that were among the cheapest 10% in each spending category, including staples such as milk, pasta and butter, rose by 36% over the two years to last September, while more expensive versions of the same items rose by just 16%.
50 women allegedly killed by men in UK so far in 2024
Throughout 2024, the Guardian aims to report on every woman allegedly killed by a man, drawing on the work of campaigns such as Counting Dead Women, the Femicide Census and Killed Women.
In recent years in the UK, a woman has been killed by a man every three days on average, yet most of their stories have gone unheard. The Guardian wants to help change that.
This year, the toll of women whose deaths have led to a man being charged has now reached 50. Here, we mark each of their lives.
None of these incidents are linked in any way other than that a woman has been killed and a man charged in connection with her death.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Editorial 14 August 2024.
Wednesday’s front pages are dominated by domestic news, from political to showbiz, there is a variety of stories to sink your teeth into this morning. Several of the papers feature a sprinkle of international news, mostly surrounding the ongoing crisis in the Middle East as the government plans to evacuate Britons stuck abroad.
The back pages lead on the latest from the Premier League, including transfers, Manchester City’s 115 charges and England’s Test summer setback.