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Money Box: Surviving or Thriving? Households

Rising costs are having an impact on almost everyone but what do they mean for different groups? We look at low income households to high earners and ask how they are being hit

Rising costs are having an impact on almost everyone, but that impact is very different for different social groups. Is anyone managing to make a difference to their own budget, however small? Whether they be high earners or low income households, how are people taking control of their finances?

Felicity Hannah meets Peter who lives alone in a rented flat in Stoke and has a disability that prevents him from working; Hollie, a new mum, living with her fianc茅 in Wigan, who鈥檚 trying to juggle money while on maternity leave with the rising costs of having a small baby. And Kishan, one of many people being bitten by monthly mortgage rate hikes. He lives in London and has three mortgages; his own plus two buy to lets.

The programme also talks to Dr Gemma Tetlow Chief Economist at the Institute for Government to ask what does Peter, Hollie and Kishan鈥檚 experience tell us about the cost of living crisis across the nation. Are households surviving or thriving?

Series Producer Smita Patel
Editor Clare Fordham
Studio Engineer Rod Farquhar

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Wed 9 Aug 2023 15:00

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