I wonder if some of it is based on relative wealth. A generation ago the equivalent of £75k might have been 4x average and 0.5x rich, now it might be 2x average and 0.1x rich. (View Post)

Luxury beliefs come a lot cheaper than luxury living or even traditional middle class living in southern England. I wonder how much resentment there is among many recent graduates that they're not go… (View Post)

The difference is that the UK economy was growing pretty well in the first half of the year while France and Germany weren't. Enter the great economist and her four months of trying to think what to … (View Post)

Then why did Starmer and Reeves promise that they could ? We were told that 'the adults are now in charge'. In reality 'the adults' did no proper planning and paid no attention to any detail. Reeves … (View Post)

Remember when we told that Labour would boost wealth creation and used expanding economic growth to fund public services ? The first survey on the health of the economy after the Budget makes for glo… (View Post)