Tag: Cost Of Living Crisis

UK Low-Wage Workers See Major Pay Hike as National Living Wage Hits £12.71

Posted on April 2, 2026 by Liora Crest

The lowest-paid workers in the UK saw their hourly pay packets increase dramatically yesterday with the introduction of new National Living Wage rates. From 1 April 2023, the statutory minimum for workers over the age of 21 has risen to £12.71 per hour, up 4.1%. Although the uplift offers welcome respite to help with the […]

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Your Hot Water Bottle Might Be Older Than You Think and That’s Dangerous

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Liora Crest

The hot water bottle warning in the UK has been shouting about all year? It’s serious. (Burn injuries from hot water bottles have nearly doubled in five years.) And in 2024, 978 people wound up in burn units, compared to 501 in 2020. That is practically twice as many people with serious injuries from something many of […]

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