The events unfolding in the Middle East mark the latest escalation in a seemingly never-ending cost-of-living emergency. 

Trying to keep up is dizzying and frantic. Media attention spans are shorter than ever before. Headlines shift. Markets react. Prices – inevitably it seems – increase.  

The news cycle moves relentlessly from moment to moment. But the people who are supported every day by the Citizens Advice network don’t. They can’t. Instead, they get trapped in moments it can feel impossible to get out of. 

In recent weeks, there has been a noticeable uptick in commentary – podcasts, opinion pieces, social media threads – focused on what individuals can do in response to the cost of living emergency. How they should save more. Cut further. Plan more. Cope better. 

This narrative transfers blame from failing........

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