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@notanewsfeed.bsky.socialOct 15, 2026, 4:50 PM

UK households paid almost £14,000 extra on bills since 2021, a TUC study finds.

The bill breakdown since 2021, and what’s on the table before budget day: link in bio.

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Cover labelled Cost of living. Headline: UK households have paid almost £14,000 extra on bills since 2021. Body: a new TUC analysis of official figures puts the average hit at £13,961 — mortgages, loans, energy and water — with the budget less than two weeks away. Large pull figure: £13,961 extra on bills since 2021 on average per UK household, with a chip reading That’s £2,792 a year, and a line listing mortgages, loans, energy and water. Not A News Feed footer and logo.Labelled The payoff. Headline: That’s £2,792 a year, on average, piled onto household budgets. Body: most of it is mortgages; energy is next; rents rose even faster than mortgage costs so tenants feel the squeeze too. Teaching bar chart of where the extra £13,961 went since 2021: mortgages £9,034 (£1,806 a year), energy £2,644 (£529 a year), loans £1,911 (£382 a year), water £372 (£74 a year). Banner: rents rose faster than mortgages — costs passed to renters.Labelled Then. Headline: The bill shock followed the pandemic exit and the wars that followed. Body: inflation soared after Covid and conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East; households held back spending and Britain lagged the rest of the G7. Three fact cards: 2021 onward Covid exit and inflation; wars in Ukraine and the Middle East; result is weakest G7 consumer spending. Explainer box: the TUC says Britain has had the weakest growth in consumer spending in the G7 since before the pandemic.Labelled Now. Headline: Chancellor John Healey’s first budget is on 28 October. Body: energy bills for a typical home may reach £2,000 a year from January; the IMF wants deficit cuts; unions and thinktanks want help for households. Three cards: budget on 28 Oct; energy bills may hit £2,000 from January; IMF says stay the course on the deficit. List of budget asks: TUC wants a social energy tariff and help for poorer households and young people; IPPR wants a rent rise cap, £2,000 energy-bill cap and fuel-duty freeze; Healey promised breathing space with limited room to spend. Source: TUC analysis of ONS figures, reported by The Guardian / Richard Partington.