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Money Box: Rising Rents and Energy Bills

04/03/2023

Rising Rents and Energy Bills

BBC Radio 4 - Money Box, Rising Rents and Energy Bills

New data from SpareRoom shows rent costs on its site up by almost 13 per cent year on year

SpareRoom, one of the UK's biggest flat share websites, tells Money Box that rents are rising very fast - up 13 per cent last year.

The BBC understands that the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is expected to extend the Energy Price Guarantee at current levels for a further three months- but what does that mean for your energy bills?

One of the UK's biggest flat share websites has told Money Box that rents are rising very fast: up almost 13% last year. In January 2022, the average UK monthly rent listed on SpareRoom was just over £650. By January this year it had risen to almost £750 pounds a month. We'll hear from them and also speak to a renter and landlord.

And, as food inflation rises, we'll also look at what kind of impact that's having on household finances?  Dan Whitworth speaks to supermarket shoppers in Halifax.

Presenter: Felicity Hannah
Reporters: Dan Whitworth and Star MacFarlane
Researchers: Sandra Hardial and Jo Krasner
Editor: Jess Quayle

(First broadcast 12pm Saturday 4th March, 2023)

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