Inventing Anna subject Anna Sorokin, who pretended to be a German heiress named Anna Delvey, was reportedly paid $320,000 for the rights to her life story, but she didn’t get to keep all of that money from Netflix.
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Families across the country will be bracing themselves for financial crisis over the coming months as the cost of living rises at its fastest rate in decades.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) recently revealed that consumer price inflation – a measure of the rate of increase in the price of goods and services – hit 5.4 per cent in December, its highest since 1992.
And household budgets are likely to be squeezed further this year with price hikes predicted in various parts of the economy.
Use this cost of living calculator to see how much worse off you could be a month:
Soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices have seen swathes of energy suppliers going bust in recent months.
This is expected to hit consumers in April when a rise in the price cap – which limits the amount that can be charged per unit of gas and electricity – comes into effect.
Regulator Ofgem is set to announce the latest changes in February, but analysts are predicting that household energy bills will increase by around 50% for customers on standard variable and default tariffs.
This could push the average household energy bill from £1,277 a year to more than £1,900, or roughly £50 extra a month.
In February, the Bank of England is expected to announce that it will raise its main interest rate from 0.25% to 0.5% in a bid to tackle rising inflation.
Variable rate mortgages are likely to mirror the 0.25 percentage point rise, meaning someone borrowing £140,000 over 20 years on a standard variable rate of about 3% could see their monthly payments rise by nearly £20.
Most mortgages are on fixed rates, although people on such deals could be hit by the bank rate rise when these expire.
Last year, the Government said it would bump up National
Inventing Anna subject Anna Sorokin, who pretended to be a German heiress named Anna Delvey, was reportedly paid $320,000 for the rights to her life story, but she didn’t get to keep all of that money from Netflix.
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Last week, Ofgem, was forced to hike the energy price cap up by 54 per cent to a record £1,971 for a typical household as wholesale gas prices soared to unprecedented highs with the decision expected to impact 22 million households across the UK which are on their energy supplier's default tariff.
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