End of term: consumer confidence dips to 24% – school’s out, Burnham’s in and the distractions are running out
24 Jul 2026
“The World Cup lift has faded. Good weather now carries the mood, while families face six weeks of juggling on a budget.”
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24 Jul 2026
“The World Cup lift has faded. Good weather now carries the mood, while families face six weeks of juggling on a budget.”
24 Jul 2026
“The World Cup lift has faded. Good weather now carries the mood, while families face six weeks of juggling on a budget.”

05 Jun 2026
We're rationing the thing we love and overspending on the thing we tolerate – and nobody's adding it up.

12 May 2026
Holidays survived the entire cost of living crisis. That protection has now broken, and the reason goes deeper than money.

23 Apr 2026
Britain has stopped checking its bank balance. And you know what, it might be right to.

05 Jun 2026
We're researching our health harder than ever, organic is the one claim that got cloudier.

05 Jun 2026
Not missing meals, we're just not quite having one either.

22 Apr 2026
Online grocery just posted its best quarter in four years. The customer driving it doesn't love you, doesn't plan to stay, and would rather be browsing the aisles.

12 May 2026
The one where no one came over. We didn't fall out, we just stopped showing up, and now we've forgotten how.

15 Apr 2026
Britain keeps promising itself a better summer. The data says it's been doing that for three years.

11 Jun 2026
Marginal gains have a darker twin, and we're living in it.

13 May 2026
The families breaking hardest are the ones most determined to look like they're fine.

08 Apr 2026
Sleep is our number one health worry. It's also the first thing we'll sacrifice. Both are true, and that's the problem.
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24 Jul 2026
Confidence is rising. Trust in government isn't. Britain's optimism comes from people adapting, not believing.

24 Jun 2026
Why the country likes Andy Burnham – and why it doesn't trust him with the money.

22 Jun 2026
Why the gap between the life people have and the life they feel owed is Westminster's loss and brands' to win.
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