Cost of Living
What households say is driving higher living costs
Among adults in Great Britain who reported that their cost of living had increased, the share citing each cause.
Great Britain · May 2026 · Source: Office for National Statistics
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Cost of Living
Among adults in Great Britain who reported that their cost of living had increased, the share citing each cause.
Great Britain · May 2026 · Source: Office for National Statistics
Cost of Living
Actions adults in Great Britain reported taking because of increases in the cost of living.
Great Britain · May 2026 · Source: Office for National Statistics
Cost of Living
Annual growth in the ONS Household Costs Index for selected household groups. Only the groups published in this import are shown.
United Kingdom · Year to March 2026 · Source: Office for National Statistics
Benefits
Universal Credit measures in Great Britain. People and households are different units of measurement and are shown separately — the four figures are not parts of one total.
Great Britain · February 2026 (employment measure: January 2026) · Source: Department for Work and Pensions
Benefits
Personal Independence Payment in England and Wales. Claimant counts and award share are different measures and are presented separately.
England and Wales · April 2026 · Source: Department for Work and Pensions
Housing
Average monthly private rent, as published by the ONS.
United Kingdom and England · June 2026 · Source: Office for National Statistics
Energy
Total domestic energy debt and arrears in the Great Britain energy market.
Great Britain energy market · Q1 2026 · Source: Ofgem
Local support
The ten largest local authority allocations published in Annex A of the Crisis and Resilience Fund Grant Determination 2026 to 2027. Allocation size is influenced by factors including authority responsibilities and local funding arrangements and should not be interpreted as a measure of council performance or generosity.
England · 2026/27 · Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local support
The sum of published local authority allocations in each English region. Regions contain different numbers of authorities with different responsibilities and populations, so a larger regional total does not mean more support per household.
England (regions) · 2026/27 · Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local support
How the published local authority allocations are distributed across allocation bands. Authority structure strongly affects allocation size: district councils receive Housing Payment and administration funding only, while unitary, metropolitan and London authorities also receive crisis and resilience funding.
England · 2026/27 · Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local support
Published scheme status recorded by SupportFund for each analysed council, as of 12 August 2026. Status reflects what the council itself publishes.
England (45 analysed councils) · As of 12 August 2026 · Source: SupportFund analysis of official council information
Local support
Number of analysed councils where this support type is explicitly published in the verified SupportFund record.
England (45 analysed councils) · As of 12 August 2026 · Source: SupportFund analysis of official council information
Local support
How complete the official information was when SupportFund verified each council record. This describes the SupportFund record, not council performance.
England (45 analysed councils) · As of 12 August 2026 · Source: SupportFund analysis of official council information
Local support
Application routes published by the analysed councils where SupportFund has verified how residents apply.
England (analysed councils with a verified application route) · As of 12 August 2026 · Source: SupportFund analysis of official council information
Local support
Where the analysed councils sit geographically, and how many in each region are recorded as fully open.
England (45 analysed councils) · As of 12 August 2026 · Source: SupportFund analysis of official council information
Cost of Living
Monthly 12-month inflation rates showing how overall consumer-price inflation and food-price inflation changed during the cost-of-living shock and subsequent slowdown.
United Kingdom · January 2022 to June 2026 · Source: Office for National Statistics
Debt
The Bank of England's official Bank Rate at each rate-change date, from the December 2021 rise through to the rate in force in August 2026.
United Kingdom · 16 December 2021 to 13 August 2026 · Source: Bank of England
Benefits
Selected DWP headline caseload observations showing the rise in people on Universal Credit in Great Britain from 2022 through early 2026.
Great Britain · January 2022 to February 2026 · Source: Department for Work and Pensions
Energy
Domestic electricity and gas customers repaying an energy debt, and customers in arrears without a repayment arrangement, as published by Ofgem for Q1 2026.
Great Britain · Q1 2026 · Source: Ofgem
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