Yes, minimum wage and inflation are 'part of the three card trick to confuse people with figures. A dead cat thrown on the table in current jargon.Stanley wrote: ↑25 Sep 2021, 03:06 Problem there Ken is that the National Living Wage has no relation to real life. For one thing it uses the official figures for inflation which are themselves nothing to do with the rise in the cost of living of the poorest people because their money is spent on services, housing, food and energy all of which carry inflation rates far greater than the official average figure.
See THIS for a good estimate of families in poverty.
A simple explanation that exposes all this smoke and mirrors is..
A person on £500 a week may spend 15% on food. Someone on £100 spends 75% on food buying the same amount.
If food spending increases by 5% for man 'A' to 20% then man 'B' rises to 100% Not much left for yachts and world tours.
Priti Horrible considering temporary work visas for foreign lorry drivers. Another cuckoo land bit of thinking. After being p----d off and told "we don't want you" do they think these drivers are sat there wringing their hands saying what are we to do. Then being given the offer "we'll give you a temporary visa, se faire bourrer to you.