Living standards in the UK have plummeted due to stagnation in income growth over the last 15 years, new research has found. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) claims that ...

NIESR found that Britain's poorest 10 per cent were better off in cash terms than counterparts in Slovenia and Malta, they fell behind when higher UK cost of living was taken into account.

LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - Britain's poorest households are worse off than those in Slovenia and Malta after nearly two decades of stagnation in UK living standards, a think tank said ...

Britain is no longer a rich country after 15 years of stagnation “caused UK living standards to plummet”, according to ...

The poorest households in Britain are now poorer than the least well off in Slovenia after a decade and ... also exacerbated the decline in British living standards. In one of the report’s ...

the think tank warned tax and benefit changes have also exacerbated the decline in British living standards. In one of the report’s starkest findings, it said the poorest parts of the UK are now worse ...