, Columnist
Why Do Brits Feel Worse Off With Employment This Strong?
One of the Tories’ biggest achievements has been bringing unemployment down. Yet people still feel worse off.
An advertisement above a freezer at an Iceland Foods Ltd. supermarket in Christchurch, UK.
Photographer: Bloomberg
This is part of a series on what 14 years of Tory rule have delivered for Britain’s economy, society and standing in the world. The challenges awaiting the next government are numerous.
For a good chunk of the past 14 years, Britons have seen their incomes grow. Why do so many of us feel absolutely skint?