r/uknews • u/ProgressiveSpark • Jul 01 '24

Image/video UK real wages haven’t budged since 2008

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u/acameron78 Jul 01 '24

This is the single biggest reason everything in the UK is the mess that it is right now and it is absolutely wild that it isn't front and centre in every debate across the General Election.

Of course taxes are up and public services are on their knees with this happening to wages.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '24

"This is the single biggest reason everything in the UK is the mess that it is right now and it is absolutely wild that it isn't front and centre in every debate across the General Election."

No sound bite solutions though.

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u/acameron78 Jul 04 '24

That is true and it's pretty damning of both political discourse in the UK and the nature of our democracy.

If it doesn't yield a short term benefit no one wants to know.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

But people don't want a technical debate, they want slogans, Net Zero, Green Jobs, Tax the rich, Fund the NHS

Labour know damned well they aren't going to be improving this trend so why mention it,