In April 2025, 60 percent of households in Great Britain said that they had started to spend less on non-essentials in response to their cost of living increasing.
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Main measures that people have taken due to the cost of living increase over the previous month in Great Britain as of April 2025
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Spending less on non-essentials
60%
Shopping around more
44%
Spending less on food shopping and essentials
40%
Using less fuel such as gas or electricity in my home
40%
Using my savings
30%
Cutting back on non-essential journeys in my vehicle
25%
Making energy efficiency improvements to my home
21%
Using credit more than usual, for example, credit cards, loans or overdrafts
14%
None of these
13%
Doing other things
7%
Using support from charities, including food banks
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (May 16, 2025). Main measures that people have taken due to the cost of living increase over the previous month in Great Britain as of April 2025 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 30, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1305038/great-britain-measures-taken-due-to-cost-of-living-increase/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Main measures that people have taken due to the cost of living increase over the previous month in Great Britain as of April 2025." Chart. May 16, 2025. Statista. Accessed June 30, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1305038/great-britain-measures-taken-due-to-cost-of-living-increase/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2025). Main measures that people have taken due to the cost of living increase over the previous month in Great Britain as of April 2025. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 30, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1305038/great-britain-measures-taken-due-to-cost-of-living-increase/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Main Measures That People Have Taken Due to The Cost of Living Increase over The Previous Month in Great Britain as of April 2025." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 May 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1305038/great-britain-measures-taken-due-to-cost-of-living-increase/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Main measures that people have taken due to the cost of living increase over the previous month in Great Britain as of April 2025 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1305038/great-britain-measures-taken-due-to-cost-of-living-increase/ (last visited June 30, 2025)
Main measures that people have taken due to the cost of living increase over the previous month in Great Britain as of April 2025 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), May 16, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1305038/great-britain-measures-taken-due-to-cost-of-living-increase/