To be absolutely sick of hearing about the cost of living crisis

Getting heard. And the more people that do it the more the government will be forced to listen.

if we all put up and shut up nothing will change. The roar against plan 2 student loans, for example, is now getting loud enough for people to start taking notice. It starts to become an issue at the ballot box. And that’s the only point when things change. If people accept the status quo then things only ever get worse for those on the receiving end, not better.

I honestly don’t know how people earning a low wage or on benefits are supposed to support a family when water is over a £100 per month for most. Water!! All the bills but especially groceries and household items have rocketed but income hasn’t, so if their only treat was soft play once a week and now even that is out of the question I can understand how miserable they must feel! The big cars do not mean those struggling aren’t struggling. It just means the rich are getting richer.

If you can go on holiday, if you can run a car legally, if you can do your shopping at the supermarket ,albeit not like the prices, if you can feed and clothe your children you are not in a cost of living crisis.

For me, people who are are those who cannot run a car, cannot buy a holiday, cannot buy enough food or heat their house. Cannot buy bedding or pay their rent. They are in a crisis.

Be glad to you dont feel that ,such complaining about you don't have idea!!

I think some services such as dog walking and grooming have become popular as people become more time poor due to long working hours. Same with people paying to get their lawns mowed. It would have been unheard of 30 to 40 years ago.

Iirc babycinos were generally free!

I was lucky to have most of my children under a Labour government that was committed to eliminating child poverty. My oh and I still had to work but essential public and third sector workers like us didn't have to worry about putting food on the table and a weekly trip to soft play wasn't out of the question either. Really felt the difference when I had a baby under a Tory government though. Even the local library closed down, no more toddler groups there.

I think to fear is a big factor. We seem to be getting hit with one crisis after another and in New Zealand we have had some major weather events that being a farming country have hit hard. Normally we can see an end or a way out but the constant hits when people were already struggling with housing is wearing down a lot of people's resilience.
Social media conspiracies and political divides are not helping.
It's all well and good to tell people to grow vegetables like we did in the old days but in the old days we had decent yards that we owned and most mothers didn't have stressful jobs with long commutes and hours.

@ForWittyTealOP I thought they had turned to Reform

Of course. Historically they were more likely to vote Tory though. Now? Who knows? The age of "turning right" so to speak is rising.

Yes. When during Covid they made an absolute bomb.

When there is a crisis I am afraid it is an excuse for many businesses to increase their prices. Whether or not the crisis is actually impacting them.

Someone will say their profit margin is slight. But blimey. What profits they are.

this is another point of view which makes sense to me...why only certain type of population need to live OK and not the rest...we are all humans and have human rights....is it not this that Tony Blair created for the future of the UK

Are you not absolutely incensed by the supermarket prices going up at the rate they are?

If you aren't then that's the weird thing.

Is that you Rachel?

And imagine, this is the most well to do country in the world, with everyone who needs a home for free given them and all their living costs covered....the media just needs material to chew on , this is all

There’s little sign of a COL where I live . Waitrose / M&S foodhalls are rammed . Pubs bars restaurants and all services are busy . People are extending their homes etc also booking holidays . It’s a split picture .

I went clubbing on a tenner as a student in 2015 never mind the 90s 🤣

No OP, I have no problem hearing about the CoL crisis because it is a crisis and not talking about it will not make it go away.

The CoL crisis is simply the consequence of the poor policies that multiple Governments have implemented over the years and the high cost of just living a basic life.

Everyone should be shouting at the top of the rooftops for as long as it takes for real changes to be brought into law.

Simple one for example the use of zero hour contracts. If you are employed for more than 6 weeks it should be changed into a minimum hours contract, you should know exactly how much money you have per month. Then maybe you could lower the numbers of people having to apply for UC. Businesses should pay for their staff not the taxpayers.

It just gives companies an excuse to put prices up so they can rip us all off and blame it on the cost of living.

It’s easy enough to not go to a theme park in my view. Inexpensive activities are there if parents look

I never took my children to a theme park when they were little, in fact there weren't that many to go to anyway. Nor soft play - same. Or coffee shops, Babycinos were unimaginable. Nobody felt deprived because nobody else went to these places either. Which was just as well because nobody could have afforded it.

I think its so wrong that its become the norm to use food banks/hubs. It shouldn't have to be that way 😓

Gemma Collins?

exactly this!! The gap between rich and poor is massive and getting bigger! in my SE town it is very obvious.
There are loads of new cars, restaurants packed, mums that gym and shop while kids are at school and there are increasing numbers of food banks/ charity hubs to provide for those that struggle to eat.

Its actually disgusting

You have no idea of my views or anything about me...speculating on how mine are likely "sadly" not like yours is bizarre.

It was passive aggressive to simply state "you might want to think about why that is" instead of giving your actual views. Especially when all I said was that as we've worked hard for our standard of living, we're allowed to be annoyed that we can't keep it up. When we're working just as hard as we were before, if not harder.

You might want to consider WHY the UK is becoming a welfare state. The encouragement from previous governments (looking at you Mrs Thatcher) to spend on credit and cease manufacturing for ourselves, buying into the immediate gratification principles are where it all started. People want this for nothing these days. And those of us who work for what we have, and receive nothing in any form of benefits outside of the NHS and state education (which, we pay for in large amounts of tax) are the ones who see our incomes stay static while our costs rise.

Enough of a view for you?

Mmm, that poster is describing places that only contain people with disposable income! Even then, no way of knowing whether people who used to go for a fortnight have had to cut back to 10 days and so on.

I'm not sick of hearing about it. I'm sick of there being a cost of living crisis, which is largely driven by greed of the few, and their ability to chisel more money out of the many.

I will never forget that energy prices doubled in 2022.