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  • People will suffer the largest fall in living standards since records began in 1956 this year, followed by the second largest fall in 2023-24

    The 7.1% fall in living standards over next two years will take living standards to lower level since 2013.

    Also forecasting 9% drop in house prices .
    And a 5% increase in council tax.

    All cool. Thanks tories.

  • Also forecasting 9% drop in house prices .

    What I can't get a handle on is whether this was baked in if Truss hadn't happened. I.e. Without Truss / Kwarteng would we still today be facing these same stats or did the mini budget just make whatever would have happened (say a 5% reduction instead of 9%) worse because it cost government credability.

  • forecasting 9% drop in house prices

    House prices have risen about 14% in the last year, depending who you believe, so a 9% drop puts us back to where things were about April this year.

    It’ll be loads more than 9% won’t it? The cost of borrowing has gone up 500%. I reckon 20%.

  • Kent CC are about to go bankrupt. I assume they will be allowed an extreme increase in council tax?

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