If the current rent laws expire next year, the more than a million households now living in regulated apartments may face huge rent increases.

Even in normal years, many households face an annual reduction in the amount of food they have available.

The Wilkins' household faces some serious dissension among the inhabitants.

A million households up and down the country are facing a very grim New Year.

For example, Japanese households face greater borrowing constraints than households in the United States and must save a great deal to purchase a home.

The IFS researchers warn that these households now face two vulnerabilities.

Now more than 20 million households are facing yet another 20 per cent rise in their insurance premiums.

However, Prof Hills suggested a second measure, highlighting the shortfall that fuel-poor households face if they are to heat their homes and stay out of poverty.

The median household with a child under five faces a drop in income of 4.9% by 2015-16.

It means businesses and households face a renewed credit drought.