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How Britain juggles money
The live read on Britain’s financial mood – how people feel about money, what they’re doing with it, and where pressure is changing behaviour.

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

The twist
Nothing's untouchable
12 May 2026
Holidays survived the entire cost of living crisis. That protection has now broken, and the reason goes deeper than money.

The contrarian
The case for financial ignorance
23 Apr 2026
Britain has stopped checking its bank balance. And you know what, it might be right to.

