Package worth £56 million including smart sockets supplied to eligible OVO energy customers

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/package-worth-56-million-including-32690428

Renters urge reform of nation's 'worst' tenancy laws in 'landlord's market'
By Joseph Hathaway-Wilson

Renters and experts are calling for change in one of just two Australian jurisdictions where renters can be evicted for no reason and the only place where landlords can raise rents more than once a year.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-17/nt-rental-housing-standards-no-grounds-eviction-rent-rises/105900204

#RentalHousing #HousingPolicy #StateandTerritoryGovernment #CostofLiving #JosephHathawayWilson

Renters despair in 'landlord's market' where no-grounds evictions and frequent rent rises are legal

Renters and experts are calling for change in one of just two Australian jurisdictions where renters can be evicted for no reason and the only place where landlords can raise rents more than once a year.

ABC News

The UK economy grew a measly 0.1 per cent in August, boosted only by manufacturing and health. Services stalled, construction shrank, and most households are struggling desperately. Labour’s promises on growth and housing remain unmet.

#UKeconomy #GDP #EconomicCrisis #LabourBudget #CostOfLiving #HousingCrisis #bbcnews #PoliticsLive #TheWhipLine #VoxPolitical
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/10/16/tiny-growth-for-uk-economy-and-most-of-us-are-struggling-desperately/

Divisions in Coalition as MPs demand independent inquiry on poverty

UK GDP rises 0.1 per cent in August, but services stall and construction falls. Most households are still struggling desperately.

Vox Political

My latest post explores the painful gap between the illusion of support and the reality of navigating systemic barriers. I discuss the challenges of student life, financial pressures, and performative allyship, questioning what genuine, humane care truly means in a world that often fails the marginalized.

https://blog.kalvin.my/the-truth-about-my-struggles-and-the-illusion-of-support

#MentalHealthAwareness #DisabilityRights #Neurodivergence #StudentLife #SystemicIssues #SocialJustice #HumaneTech #Activism #Malaysia #CostOfLiving

The Truth About My Struggles and the Illusion of "Support"

Kalvin's thoughts, stories and ideas.

Kalvin's Blog

CPH Daily Bulletin 10/15/2025

Newsom vetoes car dealers’ bill to hike fees on buyers

https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/10/california-car-dealer-fees-veto/

#California #CostOfLiving #Cars

Car buying might become a little less stressful in California. Here’s why

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have raised the fees when buying a vehicle in California and signed another to make purchase terms clear

CalMatters

‘No understanding’: The extreme cost of living crisis affecting Australia’s most remote communities

It’s just before dusk and a warm breeze is blowing off the Gulf of Carpentaria, carrying the voices…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Aurukun #Australia #CostofLiving #groceryprices #GroceryShopping #Queensland #RioTinto #risingprices #Shopping #supermarketprices #Woolworths
https://www.newsbeep.com/188022/

Rental affordability report shows essential workers being priced out of housing
By Mackenzie Colahan and Nicole Dyer

Anglicare has issued a dire warning to policymakers after its latest report found nurses, teachers and paramedics can only afford a tiny fraction of rental properties across the country.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-16/essential-workers-priced-out-of-rental-housing-queensland/105893520

#RentalHousing #CostofLiving #HousingPolicy #MackenzieColahan #NicoleDyer

Rental affordability report reveals dire reality for essential workers priced out of housing market

Anglicare has issued a dire warning to policymakers after its latest report found nurses, teachers and paramedics can only afford a tiny fraction of rental properties across the country.

ABC News

$5 milk and $90 rent rises: NT cost of living pushing families into housing stress
By Roxanne Fitzgerald

Kerrie Matthews has been forced to sell personal items to afford life-saving diabetes equipment, and with skyrocketing bills she is putting her house on the market and leaving the Northern Territory.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-16/nt-cost-of-living-report-rising-rents-fuel-prices-housing-stress/105895916

#CostofLiving #RoxanneFitzgerald

$5 milk and $90 rent increases: The NT's rising cost of living pushing families into housing stress

Kerrie Matthews has been forced to sell personal items to afford life-saving diabetes equipment, and with skyrocketing bills she is putting her house on the market and leaving the Northern Territory.  

ABC News