A cancer diagnosis, coupled with the ongoing cost of living crisis, is pushing some patients to extreme measures – including having to choose between feeding their children and going to life-saving appointments.

Source: https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/people/luton-man-diagnosed-with-breast-cancer-backs-macmillans-urgent-appeal-as-cancer-patients-pushed-to-desperate-measures-4432976

According to the statement released by the Council, the main agenda of this meeting was to discuss healthcare systems, labour shortages and the rising cost of living.

Source: https://themuse.ca/the-council-of-atlantic-premiers-discuss-healthcare-labour-shortages/

Active duty personnel are being hit with more Tricare fee hikes at a time when military salaries are not keeping up with the inflationary cost of living, but someone has to pay for the hormones.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/columns/daniel-greenfield/vets-wait-for-care-while-va-spends-millions-on-transgenderism/2023/08/28/

A different slide showed a slight increase in current funding, but by including only a 2 percent cost of living adjustment per year.

Source: https://flaglerlive.com/188618/stormwater-rates-ahead/

A few days later, Father Anthony Salangeta, a Catholic priest in Lusaka, used his homily to portray the president as elitist and argued that macroeconomic growth means little to the poor if it does not reduce their cost of living.

Source: https://mg.co.za/thoughtleader/2023-06-04-how-zambias-hard-won-democracy-may-soon-go-up-in-flames/

After difficulties with the Covid years and the current cost of living which have impacted on many of our residents, it’s pleasing we’re still able to improve the figures we collect.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/business/2023/08/13/council-writes-off-irrecoverable-business-rate-debts-worth-more-than-134k/

Against the backdrop of the rising cost of living, higher inflation and soaring energy costs, hybrid working is an attractive proposition and likely to remain a key driver in working trends.

Source: https://www.scotsman.com/business/the-tribrid-working-models-time-has-come-nick-watson-4167547

Alberta's United Conservative Party-led government was challenged Monday on why affordability programs like the gas tax holiday, utility rebates and targeted cost of living measures are scheduled to end by July.

Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/airlines-vital-to-life-in-the-north-facing-headwinds-from-worker-shortages-1.6300374

All that work is now under threat as shopkeepers fear the area may be ‘close to collapse’ as a result of the anti-social behaviour driving business away as they try to recover from the pandemic and cope with a cost of living crisis.

Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/west-lothian-locals-say-shopping-30766835

A longtime campaigner against poverty, homelessness and the climate crisis, Thompson was a leading voice for On the Breadline campaign, amid the cost of living crisis.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/women/independent-women-influence-list-2023-b2295691.html

A Meharry Medical College graduate himself, Wallace adds that the migration south for most Black doctors is mostly due to the low cost of living in those cities, in comparison to places like San Francisco.

Source: https://sfbayview.com/2023/12/dental-robin-hood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dental-robin-hood

Amongst the soaring cost of living crisis in the UK, ambulance workers across England have gone on strike in an ongoing dispute over pay.

Source: https://therealnews.com/uk-ambulance-drivers-join-cost-of-living-strike-wave-sweeping-britain

Among those, nearly 80 per cent said the higher cost of living and inflation is forcing them to cut back.

Source: https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/half-of-albertans-plan-to-spend-less-on-holiday-shopping-this-year-due-to-inflation-rising-cost-of-living-1.6684115

And I'm also acutely aware that although I personally have no problem affording the best stuff even in the current cost of living crisis, the rest of you may not.

Source: https://www.newsletter.co.uk/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/wonderful-whiskey-wine-and-the-king-of-snacks-4120867

Andrew Opie, from the British Retail Consortium, which represents supermarkets, said: ‘Given the challenges from the cost of living squeeze, retailers are trying their best to find ways to limit rising prices for customers.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11877051/Why-fish-fish-pie-beef-chow-mein.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

And that’s just the need for construction, not to mention the fact that the cost of living in Washington is rapidly outpacing wage growth, even in a state with a strong minimum wage and labor economy.

Source: https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comment-lawmakers-should-take-housing-bond-plan-to-voters/

"And the reason is simple - people in Canberra are struggling due to the increasing cost of living.

Source: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8078608/families-being-pushed-over-edge-from-just-getting-by-to-we-need-help/?src=rss

And the second way to combat the increased cost of living is even simpler, Mr Cooke said.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/australians-facing-increased-hecs-repayments-energy-bills-and-health-insurance-premiums-c-10871305

“A new property tax means higher rents at a time households are already under enormous cost of living pressures,” she said.

Source: https://cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au/news/2023-05-27/government-rejects-rental-crisis/

An expert claimed the UK’s record number of sexually transmitted infections could be down to the cost of living crisis.

Source: https://www.devonlive.com/news/health/warning-issued-after-concerning-spike-8517499