# 87% of UK adults cut household spending amid cost pressures

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/nine-in-10-brits-say-they-have-taken-action-to-try-and-reduce-their-spending-amid-cost-of-living-squeeze-with-half-cutting-back-on-heating-use/
- Published: 2026-10-23T11:36:39+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T11:47:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16232749/Nine-10-Brits-say-taken-action-try-reduce-spending-amid-cost-living-squeeze-half-cutting-heating-use.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- 87 per cent have cut household spending in some way.
- Half say they use less heating to lower bills.
- Most support reducing foreign aid to fund defence.

## Summary

A Savanta poll found that 87 per cent of UK adults had taken at least one step to reduce household spending in the past six months, amid continuing cost of living pressures. The findings come ahead of next week’s Budget, as inflation has risen and the Chancellor faces decisions on household support and defence spending.

Two-thirds of respondents had cut non-essential spending, 51 per cent were using less heating and 40 per cent had switched supermarkets; 37 per cent had reduced car journeys. September inflation reached 3.5 per cent, up from 3.1 per cent in August. On defence funding, 44 per cent supported cutting welfare payments, while 63 per cent backed reducing foreign aid; the online poll surveyed 2,130 UK adults from 16 to 19 October.

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