Nov 18, 2022
7 min read
You’ve Never Had It So Bad
The politics of Tory self-destruction
Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement is set to plunge British living standards into a steep and sudden fall. Families will see their spending power drop by 7% in two years, as double-digit inflation combines with higher taxes to make them poorer.
That won’t just wipe out all the wage growth of the past decade: it will take the rest of…
