GreyShuck@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.uk • 8 months agoAverage UK person has lost out on £10,200 since 2010, thinktank saysexternal-linkmessage-square7 fedilinkarrow-up145 cross-posted to: uk_politics@feddit.uk
arrow-up145external-linkAverage UK person has lost out on £10,200 since 2010, thinktank saysGreyShuck@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.uk • 8 months agomessage-square7 Commentsfedilink cross-posted to: uk_politics@feddit.uk
minus-squareSbisasCostlyTurnover@feddit.ukhexbear18·8 months agoThe average person gets poorer whilst the rich get richer. Sounds like it's working as designed to be honest. linkfedilink
minus-squareLad@reddthat.comhexbear2·8 months agoThis is how it always has been no matter how anyone tries to spin it. All the talk of economic growth means nothing to people who are going hungry. linkfedilink
minus-squarejabjoe@feddit.ukhexbear1·8 months agoNot so, the gini coefficient hasn't always been like now and isn't always worsening everywhere. https://www.statista.com/statistics/872472/gini-index-of-the-united-kingdom/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/874070/gini-index-score-of-eu-countries/ It's crappy government where inequality keeps getting worse. linkfedilink
The average person gets poorer whilst the rich get richer. Sounds like it's working as designed to be honest.
This is how it always has been no matter how anyone tries to spin it. All the talk of economic growth means nothing to people who are going hungry.
Not so, the gini coefficient hasn't always been like now and isn't always worsening everywhere.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/872472/gini-index-of-the-united-kingdom/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/874070/gini-index-score-of-eu-countries/
It's crappy government where inequality keeps getting worse.