RE: God i hope8 Mar 2026 13:17
trouble
let me take the blinkers off you and help you out here a bit, now i know this might hurt so sit down and keep the old ticker going.
there were nearly four million more people in work in 2024 compared to 2010, with the employment rate rising from 70.2% to 74.3%.
started in 2016 the minimum wage was introduced, it reached £11.44 per hour by april 2024, boosting the pay of approximately two million people by £1,800 a year.
then there is the personal allowance which nearly doubled from £6,475 in 2010 to £12,570, allowing workers to keep more of their earnings before paying income tax, which is now on hold. by the time it comes back it will be worth only half what it was. labour now creating fiscal drag to make matters worse.
schools rated "good" or "outstanding" by ofsted rose from 68% in 2010 to 90% by 2024.
english primary pupils were ranked "best in the west" for reading in 2023, and the uk rose from 27th to 11th in the pisa international maths rankings.
over 5.8 million apprenticeship starts were delivered since 2010, providing vocational alternatives to university.
the triple lock ensured the state pension rose by at least 2.5%, inflation, or earnings, lifting an estimated 200,000–250,000 pensioners out of poverty.
required employers to provide workplace pensions, resulting in 20 million more people saving for retirement by 2024.
the marriage (same sex couples) act 2013 legalised *** marriage in england and wales.
renewables grew from 7% of the uk energy mix in 2010 to nearly 50% in 2024, with the uk becoming a world leader in offshore wind.
the uk became the first major economy to halve its carbon emissions (compared to 1990 levels) while growing the economy.
free childcare later expanded to 30 hours of free childcare for working families, eventually including children from nine months old, saving eligible families thousands annually.