Quote from: armaghniac on December 19, 2023, 11:05:06 PMQuote from: marty34 on December 19, 2023, 06:43:15 PMQuote from: seafoid on December 19, 2023, 01:38:21 PMInflation is worse in the sterling counties. Sterling is losing value consistently because the UK is living beyond its means and has to borrow money just to pay the bills. So inflation is higher than elsewhere. It must be very hard for poor people in the North on limited budgets.
I read an article on BBC today about a uni lecturer who's struggling with childcare costs and cost of living costs.
People are always going to struggle with childcare costs. Child care means paying someone else to look after your children, the only way that would not be expensive was if that person was poorly paid compared to you. If the economy improves then you might get more, but presumably the child care person gets more too, so it will always be expensive.
The part in bold is total nonsense
The vast majority of Europeans don't struggle with childcare
The fact the those in UK & Ireland struggle is a conscious choice by gov't
Childcare adds zero value to the economy
This is exactly an area they should be subsidising if they want to get UK productivity up