earthbeingx<p>After 15 years of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/stagnation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagnation</span></a>, parts of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> are now poorer than the poorest parts of Slovenia and Lithuania (report by <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NIESR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIESR</span></a> see extracts & link below).</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ConservativeParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConservativeParty</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Tory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tory</span></a> came into <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TheresaMay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheresaMay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BorisJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BorisJohnson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LizTruss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LizTruss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RishiSunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RishiSunak</span></a>) and messed up!</p><p>But <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeirStarmer</span></a>) hasn't been doing a good job either. It now has 4 years to prove itself. Time flies.</p><p>Link: <a href="https://niesr.ac.uk/publications/uk-living-standards-review-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">niesr.ac.uk/publications/uk-li</span><span class="invisible">ving-standards-review-2025</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UKeconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKeconomics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/standardofliving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standardofliving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/lifecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lifecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a></p>