Debbie Kennedy: Seize control of the controllables

"In a climate where we feel powerless, protection is power people can deploy."

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LifeSearch chief executive, Debbie Kennedy, writes about how the protection space can step up and help consumers that are feeling the immediate and knock-on impact of the cost of living crisis.

It's no surprise that the new LifeSearch Health, Wealth & Happiness report highlights just how worried Brits are about our finances. Nearly three quarters (72%) of us expect to be worse off this year - by as much as £3,000 or more.   Britain's happiness score has hit a new low too - a choice between food on the table and heating the home will do that. While many of us felt powerless during Covid, who could have imagined we'd feel even more powerless in what's hopefully and ostensibly the pandemic's end zone.   It's another chapter of uncertainty, and all we can do is control the co...

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