▲ 52 ▼ UK inflation falls sharply to 6.8% as cost of living pressures ease (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 years ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Lazylazycat@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) Deliberate price cuts and wage rises at the level of inflation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 4 points 3 years ago Yes. Agreed. But what is that....? The sound of Sunak refusing decent pay rises to public sector workers and allowing the triple lock for Tory-voting old people to add £10 billion a year to government spending. permalink fedilink source parent [–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 3 points 3 years ago Or, and now hear me out, wage rises that are a fair bit higher than inflation like boomers enjoyed for most of their lives. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 4 points 3 years ago Yes. Agreed. But what is that....? The sound of Sunak refusing decent pay rises to public sector workers and allowing the triple lock for Tory-voting old people to add £10 billion a year to government spending. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 3 points 3 years ago Or, and now hear me out, wage rises that are a fair bit higher than inflation like boomers enjoyed for most of their lives. permalink fedilink source parent