The Joseph Rowntree Foundation reckon that living standards (in monetary terms) in the UK will decline in the next five years, for a range of reasons (from mortgage payment to economic stagnation).
Given this is a continuation of a relatively long-term trend of faltering economic activity in the UK, alongside inequality & various crises (from housing to health), while some may want to lay this at Labour's door, its more to do with older economic miss-steps!
#economics
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/22/all-uk-families-to-be-worse-off-by-2030-as-poor-bear-the-brunt-new-data-warns
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
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