The cost of living crisis: When will it end?

This Is Why

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4.0 • 552 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

It feels like we're having to pay more and more for the basics every month. New figures released this week showed food inflation has reached an 18-month high of 4.2% - pushed up by household favourites like chocolate, eggs and butter. The energy price cap is also rising, again. So, when will we start to feel a bit better off?

Why is the hangover of the cost of living crisis still lingering? And as the nights draw in, what can be done to survive another cold winter?

On today’s episode, Jonathan Samuels is joined by business correspondent Paul Kelso - who explains why prices remain stubbornly high - and Money blogger Jess Sharp, who offers some advice and tips to struggling households.

Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse and Emily Hulme
Editor: Mike Bovill

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1:05.8	I don't know about you, but it seems to me life just keeps getting more expensive.
1:12.6	I thought the peak of the cost of living crisis was behind us. Outgoings though keep going up. On this edition of the Sky News
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