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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.

Woman in a striped shirt holding a phone beside a wheeled suitcase, with a £50 note, a pound sign and a cloud of data behind her
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.

By Laura Gillespie

Woman frowning at her phone against a falling share-price chart, with a high-heeled shoe stepping out of a £10 note
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.

By Laura Gillespie

Woman shrugging with a puzzled expression, stacks of gold coins beside her and a finance checklist on a screen behind
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.

By Alison Bainbridge