The news today called it a cost of living crisis more people shop lifting stealing make up and other non essentials paired with mothers shoplifting for food by hiding it in the baby’s pram. I don’t know what else we can call it, if we want to try and improve charity giving and government help.
There wont be any decreases, we'll just catch up over time....and so on and so forth.We are focusing on two very different sides of it. I am not for one second arguing the extremity of it, or the scale at that end of the spectrum.
It has been going on nearly 3 years though, and there is no sign of any decreases, and society as a whole continues to pay whatever the increases are. Till that changes, it will run on.
The media can't really call it a cost of living shitshow though, I guess.
There wont be any decreases, we'll just catch up over time....and so on and so forth.
Same here we have 7 pubs all of which bar one does food, all very busy on a Wed to Sunday. Pubs in more upmarket areas, tend to do well regardless of economic downturns as it all comes down to disposable income. If you had a few grand a month as disposable income before inflation kicked in, then a few hundred quid extra a month on bills isn’t gonna impact you very much. You also get the effect where people will spend money in the village even though it’s more expensive, the local bakery and butchers are always busy regardless of the fact that most of the customers could drive 10 mins down the road and go to the supermarket and save a decent amount. It does all sound a bit Royston Vasey but it seems to keep the village and community alive, which has sadly been lost from so many villages and small towns.I live in a middle class area i guess with a population of about 12,000.demographically its a town with an oldish population.
We have 7 bars/pubs and a weatherspoons. A legion, working mens club a sports club and about 6/7 restaurants. 2/3 cafes
Mon-weds some are closed or pretty quiet but thurs/sun they are busy! The village high street is pretty tight and compact and if you walk down of an eveining thurs onwards there is always people in the bars/restaurants. Its a slightly older clientelle, which tells me they are the ones with spare cash.
The spoons is constantly rammed.
Reading in here that villages and towns are losing pubs, we seem to be gaining them!
I agree that the messaging is wrong and that it’s driving the wrong behaviours, it’s effectively creating a wage-price spiral, albeit that the so called spiral is a bit of a myth as labour costs are only part of the equation. Inflation is baked in and prices will not go back down to what they were a few years ago.That's pretty much what I am saying.
It is misleading, calling it a crisis, at least in the part of that implying it is temporary. Encourages people to treat it like it will just stop, and spend or live like that. And for others to keep increasing the prices, because they can, because people will pay it. Because they expect it to be temporary.
Thank you mate.I’ve been there too mate, I feel for you, hope everything pans out well for you ..
I agree that the messaging is wrong and that it’s driving the wrong behaviours, it’s effectively creating a wage-price spiral, albeit that the so called spiral is a bit of a myth as labour costs are only part of the equation. Inflation is baked in and prices will not go back down to what they were a few years ago.
The only things which would drive down costs is a large increase in unemployment and a slowdown in the world economy. Deflation though is the last thing any government or economy wants.
True for official food banks, but many places now have food cupboards which can be accessed by anybody. There is one in Prestwich Library which asks people only take three items (i think) but it's not enforced.That is not how food banks work , you have to be reffered or be in receipt of certain benefits
It surely is all down to house prices? I lived in a very average part of East London and pretty much everyone of a generation owned their home. The new one coming through? No chance. A one bed flat was £250,000.Feel like there needs to be greater discussion in the media about the fact that 70 years ago one man's salary was enough to run a household whereas now two salaries are barely enough to get by. We've been had.
I know I will likely get a lot of stick for this.
Me and my Mrs have we decided aren't having kids, because we believe that we cant afford to bring them into a world and give them a good lifestyle. We are far from being poor, we do ok for ourselves, I just believe far too many people have kids without thinking about the financial consequences of making that decision.
I am bitter about how much we pay in income tax/national insurance, I would he happier if this was reduced significantly and I didn't have to pay for the non-working class society that seems to be growing at an alarming rate.
Cost of living, we have done quite abit to reduce our outgoings, changed broadband supplier, removed all TV packs apart from netflix, no tv licence, swapped car for a cheaper one, this has just about covered the increase in our mortgage.
Hope your birthday is very soon....your liver won't last long with the middle East stuff going on.;)Glad to be fucking 50 next
But that in essence is why. Go back to the 1970s and there was only one bread winner in most households. Then in the late 70s and 80s more women entered the jobs market and the birth rates started to fall. As a point of note Im not saying that women having jobs is a bad thing :-). The extra money naturally resulted in people demanding more money for houses and as is the case with businesses, an opportunity for them to increase their margin and relieve the populus of their wealth.Feel like there needs to be greater discussion in the media about the fact that 70 years ago one man's salary was enough to run a household whereas now two salaries are barely enough to get by. We've been had.