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Originally Posted by reece(:
I'd say the country is in much more of a recession than it was 5 years ago, inflation has happened massively and yet pay rise has only gone up a few measely pence.
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I agree, and in addition to pay not increasing in real terms for a number of years, we have had to suffer almost intolerable rises in our Utility bills. Over 50% increase in Gas, Elect bills in the last 5 years plus year on year increases in petrol/ diesel as well.
These increases are not justifiable but are as a result of years of underfunding and lack of investment in our energy industry. We now have to buy Gas on the open market even though we have had decades of North Sea Gas. Our domestic utility companies are all privately owned by foreign companies. Our Govt has no coherent policy to cope with the UK's energy demand going into the 21st Century, with lack of investment and planning in Nuclear and carbon capture conventional power stations we are at the mercy of the open market ( Russia / Middle East ) and will most likely have to pay ever more increasing utility bills.