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Wages continue to tumble in Con-Dem Britain
Average worker has lost £1,600 a year since 2010, writes CONRAD LANDIN
WORKERS’ wages are still tumbling down the Con-Dem cliff even though dole queues are getting shorter, with experts warning yesterday that the coalition’s economic carve-up has made it more difficult than ever to make work pay.
The average worker is £1,600 a year worse off compared with before the 2010 general election.
That’s despite Office for National Statistics figures showing yesterday that fewer people are unemployed than at any time since 2008.
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