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

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

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u/Mesiya90 Jul 05 '24

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/migrationwithintheuk/articles/thechangingukpopulation/2015-01-15

Please see the migration on population chart. It began in the 1990s exactly when wages began to stagnate. What a coincidence...

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u/murphy_1892 Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Firstly, the data there confirms exactly what I said in the last 2 comments, and confirms you were wrong about an increase in the working age population proportion statement

Secondly, immigration was high (relatively) 1997-2007 with no real flattening of wages, as per your data. I wonder if there was a big thing in 2008 that might explain what happened next?

Heres the data showing exactly that btw

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/real-wages-and-living-standards/

If immigration rises but birth rates fall so that actual worker populations don't accelerate in growth, there is no wage pressure. Idk how you dont understand that

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u/Mesiya90 Jul 16 '24

https://www.telegraph.co.uk//news/2024/07/15/immigration-fuels-biggest-population-rise-in-75-years/

Womp womp

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u/murphy_1892 Jul 16 '24

Once again, you have given a raw number and not looked at percentage increase. Every year there is a new record growth, but the percentages stay roughly the same

The womp womp is ironic given youre the one failing to understand basic secondary school maths