Doctors in the UK are set to stage the biggest walkout in the history of state-funded National Health Service. This comes against the backdrop of the UK's crippling cost of the living crisis which has prompted industrial walkouts across various sectors.

UK doctors to stage walkout, soaring inflation making situation worse | World News | WION

Inflation in the U.K. has hit a 41-year high driven in large part by gas and electricity costs. In the latest, some parents are struggling to afford school meals. Free school lunches are provided for all 4- to 7-year-olds in England, but most parents of older children have to pay about two pounds USD a day for their child to have a cooked meal.

Cost of living crisis looms over UK schools

Next month, thousands of nursing staff across Britain will go on strike for the first time in the 106-year history of the UK's nurses union. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union said that staff in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland will go on strike on December 15 and 20.

British nurses to go on strike for two days in December over pay dispute

In a sigh of relief for millions of British people and citizens in the rest of the United Kingdom, wages in the UK are rising at fastest in 20 years. However, it still lags behind the rate of rising cost of living.

UK: High inflation casts shadow on fastest rise in wages in 20 years

According to Barclaycard, almost half of Britons plan to cut down on Christmas gifts to try to save money amid the biggest cost of living crisis in the country.

48 percent people plan to spend less this Christmas, says Barclaycard

Investment bank Citi has warned that surging energy bills will drive UK inflation to over 18 per cent early next year. Due to extremely painful rises in energy bills that will push the cost of living into the “stratosphere” CPI inflation will hit 18.

Citi warns UK inflation to hit 18% as energy bills rocket

Isaac Blake suffers from Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome, a rare brain development disorder that means he requires care 24 hours a day and specialist equipment. His carer, Maxine Rothchester, who has looked after him since he was eight months old, says rising fuel bills amid a cost of living crisis have put Isaac's life in danger.

Carers of 8-year-old Isaac Blake struggle to help the child

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