How is the cost of living affecting ,those of you who live in the uk?

Question

How is the cost of living affecting ,those of you who live in the uk?

Answer 1

Everything is much dearer, unless it was made by child labour in India.

Answer 2

I used to put away about £50/week in my savings account - becuase of the increased cost of everything that is now about £35-40/week, AFTER a £500/annum pay-rise..

Answer 3

You start to notice the little things, they all add up. Food and drink taxes are slowly going up, you notice that going out for lunch/dinner, or the weekly food shop bill is higher each week/month. Goin out for a sandwich and a drink for lunch didn't used to cost more than about £4-6, now it's around £6-10..

We used to do our weekly shopping in Sainsbury's but now we go to Lidl and Aldi..to feed a family of 4 for a week it used to cost about £60-90, now you're lucky if you get it lower than £100 if you get it at sainsbury's..

We drive less and less now, petrol is about £1.19 a litre, still rising. Over £5 for a gallon. Using public transport prices are rising too, a 15 minute train ride to our nearest city costs £9 (adult return). The bus is a 50 minute ride and costs £5 return, they don't even accept child prices anymore, so kids have to pay full whack..

I hear rumors of gas/electricity prices rising a deadly 40% soon..not a nice thought, especially when incomes are staying the same. Council tax is another thing, rising at about £100-200 a year.

Answer 4

I can no longer save, my bills are going up, my mortgage is going up.  I have to cut back on luxuries - thankfully I do not have to cut back on necessities.  Also thankfully I do not have children or anyone to care for.

Answer 5

we're really starting to struggle especially with the food bills,only my hubby works and he's on a very basic wage while i stay at home to look after our two kids. We have a car,but dont use it often,only for journeys too far for a bus ride so we dont use that much petrol as we mostly walk.I'm dreading the gas/electric going up in winter,we probably wont be able to use the heating much. I cant understand why the government does'nt help pensioners and people that have young kids and low wages,they should give us extra in the benefits we receive to compensate the rise in food/gas/electric.

Answer 6

It's starting to bite now. I could fill my car up for £70 not so long ago; now it costs over £100.

Food prices are ever-increasing and we are making virtually all of our meals from fresh ingredients, rather than buying ready-meals for convenience (laziness).

The food tastes much better now so it's not all bad.

Oh and beer hasn't risen in price as much so I can find some solace there.

Answer 7

just noticing the ever increasing rise in petrol/gas

the shops r busy tho.....but i want to go back in the us so i dont care

Answer 8

I don't feel as though it's affected me at all, we rarely use the car anyway, so the price of petrol's not a huge concern of ours.  

I've not even noticed differences in food prices when shopping.  Our mortgage does not change for 3 years so I think we're pretty lucky!

Answer 9

Personally, I think the main places people are feeling the squeeze in the UK are:

1.  Fuel prices (petrol  for cars and also heating/electricity for home)

2.  Slight rise in food prices

3.  Local tax (council tax) rising

In addition, the Government abolished a lower rate of tax recently, which makes a portion of lower income earners worse off (but some richer people better off).

Overall, it's not as bad as many newpapers and the media make out.  (1) and (2) are global issues, and given the UK inflation rate is only around 4% (depending on how you measure it!), we're better off than many other countries.