Following the 2010 election, Labour lost power to a Conservative -Liberal Democrat coalition, which introduced sweeping austerity legislation. Described by the FT at the time as the’ most drastic…in living memory’, the budget cuts amounted to £81 billion over…
Chart of the Week: 20th June 2018: Home Ownership vs House Price to Earnings Ratio
Last year saw the emergence of five London boroughs where houses ‘earned’ more in a year than their owners; most starkly in Barnet, where on average home-owners earned £54.6k net whereas their homes grew in value by nearly £107k.
Chart of the Week: June 2018: Explore Changes to the UK Economy
The charts show key changes in the UK economy… click to find out more!
Chart of the Week: Week 44, 2014: UK Workless Households
The annual data on workless households in the UK was released this week, and it showed a record decrease in the number of households without work.