living standards

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Nov 27, 2025 • via The Guardian

Budget Backloads Pain to Election Eve

IFS exposes £850 household hit by 2029 amid threshold freezes

Rachel Reeves' budget delays tax rises and cuts until pre-2029 polls, hitting low earners hardest via threshold freezes. IFS warns of fiscal fiction as living standards fall £850 per household.

Nov 13, 2025 • via Daily Star

Seventy-Six Percent Forecast Britain's Downward Turn

Poll reveals record gloom as unemployment rises and budget fears mount

A new survey shows 76% of UK voters pessimistic about the future, the highest this year, amid joblessness peaks and tax hike anxieties. This reflects systemic economic failures across governments, eroding living standards without effective remedies.