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- Workers entitled to ask for pay rise, says Keir Starmer
- ‘We’ve had a run on champagne:’ Biggest UK banker bonuses since financial crash
- UK wage growth picks up in January but pay fails to keep pace with inflation
- UK cost of living crisis: the squeeze is on – here’s what you can do
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UK inflation has hit a new 30-year high, intensifying the cost of living squeeze hitting households.