High cost of living: Impact on households
This briefing covers how the high period of inflation in the UK from 2021 to 2024 continues to affect household incomes, spending, poverty, savings and debt.

Cold Weather Payments are made to certain claimants of means-tested benefits during periods of very cold weather. To trigger the £25 payments, the average temperature in an area must be recorded as, or forecast to be, 0°C or below for seven consecutive days.
Cold Weather Payments for winter 2010/2011 (68 KB , PDF)
Cold Weather Payments are made to certain claimants of means-tested benefits during periods of very cold weather. To trigger the £25 payments, the average temperature in an area must be recorded as, or forecast to be, 0°C or below for seven consecutive days.
Cold Weather Payments for winter 2010/2011 (68 KB , PDF)
This briefing covers how the high period of inflation in the UK from 2021 to 2024 continues to affect household incomes, spending, poverty, savings and debt.
Explore constituency-level data on state pensioners claiming Pension Credit in Great Britain using our interactive dashboard.
The state pension is liable to income tax, though pensioners are unlikely to pay tax in practice if their only income is the state pension.