Workers are £800 a year poorer post-crisis
BBC News 91d 5 tweets
On average earnings are 3% below where they were a decade ago, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says.


Kamal Ahmed 91d ago
Remarkable - people who are aged between 30 and 39 now are earning £2,100 a year less than people of the same age group in 2008. study for reveals the persistent effects of the financial crisis, 10 years on #10thanniversary
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John McDonnell MP 91d ago
These figures expose starkly how hard people’s incomes have been hit by the government’s mismanagement of the economy. Young people’s incomes down over £2000 a year. No wonder so many of them are struggling to get by and want a change.
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Clara Guibourg 91d ago
People in their 30s are earning £2,100 a year less than people of the same age group in 2008
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NEON 91d ago
10 years after the crisis, and workers are £800 worse off. That's the tragic consequence of responding to a financial crisis with cuts, privatisation and public sector pay caps.
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Andy Conway Morris 91d ago
The people hardest hit by the economic hardship of 2008 crisis were most likely to vote Remain. Those who thought they’d be insulated again voted Leave. #funnyoldworld
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