Manc Manx Tony 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇲

Prices in the UK have absolutely lost the plot £12 for fish and chips Almost £2 per litre for fuel £45 for a driving lesson Over £2 for a bottle of pop £20 for a takeaway for one person £20 for a 15 minute taxi Weekly food shop for one person £80 £100 a night for a "cheap" hotel Rent prices through the roof At this point we're just getting robbed.

“Why don’t you just save for a mortgage? It’s cheaper than renting.” Okay, here we go… As a single person in the UK, this is the reality for a lot of people. A full-time minimum wage salary can leave you with around £1,700 a month after deductions. Rent: £800 and that’s the low end. Council tax: £190 Electric: £80 Water: £40 £590 left. Just for existing somewhere. Food: £250 and that’s being generous. £340 left. Car insurance and fuel to get to work: £200. £140 left. Phone: £50. £90 left. WiFi: £40. £50 left. And that’s assuming absolutely nothing goes wrong. No unexpected bills. No dentist. No car repairs. No clothes. No nights out. No emergencies. No life. So let’s say you somehow manage to save that £50 every month. That’s £600 a year. £6,000 after 10 years. And somehow we’re supposed to believe buying a house is just a case of “stopping spending money and saving harder.” Apparently we’ve got it easy. Says the generation that could buy a house and raise a family on one income. We live in a country where working full-time on minimum wage doesn’t even guarantee you can afford a minimum standard of living. But yeah… just stop buying coffees.