Attention Economy


Monday, June 10, 2024

UK's Economic Woes - Potential Causes

Net migration is more than two and a half times the 2010 figure despite a string of Tory pledges to reduce it
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/11/immigration-how-14-years-of-tory-rule-have-changed-britain-in-charts


Record immigration has failed to raise living standards in Britain, economists find
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/06/09/record-immigration-britain-failed-raise-living-standards/
Population surge is masking ‘exceptionally bad’ productivity since 2008
 
Mass migration and quantitative easing are impoverishing Britain
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/09/immigration-growth-uk-economy-living-standards-poorer/
Importing millions to fill vacancies, often at lower than market salaries, boosted business at the expense of workers 

UK election draws a veil of silence over bitter economic truths
https://www.ft.com/content/da0dc6e2-8333-42d8-ac46-59301a8a9580
Neither major political party wants the debate that the country needs about taxes, spending and structural reform