UK inflation falls as prices rise less than expected | The Independent.
Food inflation only eases slightly but remains at very high levels (17.3%).
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/inflation-latest-figures-ons-may-b2377861.html
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Firms like British Gas have been breaking into people's homes since the 1950s
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https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2023/02/02/firms-like-british-gas-have-been-breaking-into-peoples-homes-since-the-1950s/
>Politicians were shocked that British Gas broke into homes to put prepayment meters in. If only they'd bothered to speak to poor people first
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@ChrisMayLA6 @financialtimes The #ResolutionFoundation report on living standards also out today makes grim reading.
https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/the-living-standards-outlook-2023/
Link below to the report from the Resolution Foundation, referred to in the Independent article.
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https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/the-living-standards-outlook-2023/
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Some sobering facts from the Resolution Foundation...
"The value of [UK] workers’ pay is not expected to return to its 2008 level until 2027. This unprecedented 19-year pay downturn has cost workers £15,000 a year compared to a world where their wages had instead continued to grow at their pre-financial crisis rate."
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