In today’s newsletter: In another review of the year’s biggest stories, we hear from ordinary people about how soaring costs and pay freezes are impacting their daily livesSign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. When the severity of the cost of living crisis started to become clear in early 2022, the Guardian’s community team took up the story of how it was affecting ordinary people’s lives.Taken together, the pieces that resulted form an extraordinary diary of a period of deep collective anxiety. They shed light on the individual sacrifices and deprivations that come with every new 10th of a percentage point on inflation or interest rates, every new hike in the energy price cap: deciding whether to give up food or comfort, yes, and also reassessing the small pleasures that make life worth living. As John, a 54-year-old postal worker from Berkshire, said in August: “I’ve not got as much to look forward to … My mindset is now just go to work, do long hours, pay for basics, don’t expect more.” Continue reading…
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