UK Cost of Living

[enoch]

I cannot imagine paying 74TL for a drink of anything, especially yorkshire p1$$

You will be paying about 60 tl for a pint of Efes in a restaurant. In some spots more some spots less.

 

[VILLASUNDAY]

Went for a drink in one of the cheaper chain pubs tonight 2 large glasses of wine £15.
Luckily a large fish & chips to share from our local fish shop is only £6.10, so the total cost of the night out was pretty cheap

 

[Hilsjw]

Haven't been to good old Wetherspoons for a while. Will be interesting to see what their prices are now.

 

[Akasya]

Went for a drink in one of the cheaper chain pubs tonight 2 large glasses of wine £15.
Luckily a large fish & chips to share from our local fish shop is only £6.10, so the total cost of the night out was pretty cheap

Large fish and chips £11.60

Menu | Molly's Fish and Chips, St. Johns, Woking

Molly's Fish and Chips full menu of fish, sausages, pies and burgers, plus chips, sides and drinks

www.mollysfishandchips.co.uk

Steve

 

[VILLASUNDAY]

Haven't been to good old Wetherspoons for a while. Will be interesting to see what their prices are now.

Some prices in my local Wetherspoons, which is in a nice beachfront location. I think that we will go there next time.

 

[VILLASUNDAY]

Large fish and chips £11.60

Menu | Molly's Fish and Chips, St. Johns, Woking

Molly's Fish and Chips full menu of fish, sausages, pies and burgers, plus chips, sides and drinks

www.mollysfishandchips.co.uk

Steve

I think that I am lucky, as I have 13 fish & chip shops with half a mile of my home, so I am guessing that all the competition keeps the prices down

 

[yalimart]

I think that I am lucky, as I have 13 fish & chip shops with half a mile of my home, so I am guessing that all the competition keeps the prices down

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Wot ? no gravy ???? you can't have chips without gravy !!

 

[Mushroom]

The strange veggie journo daughter swears by gravy on fish and chips. Chips - yes. Fish ??

 

[yalimart]

It should be curry on fish and chips, nothing else.

 

[yalimart]

The government have confirmed a 10% increase in NI payments to add to the general increase in the cost of living.

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak confirm controversial National Insurance tax hike will go ahead

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have doubled down on a controversial hike to National Insurance, following reports the prime minister was having second thoughts about the policy. Mr Johnson has been under pressure from some backbench Conservative MPs to scrap or delay the increase to win back...

uk.news.yahoo.com

 

[mollag]

It should be curry on fish and chips, nothing else.

Chips, cheese and gravy is a big thing here, even the Chinese takeaways do it, kipper baps are also V popular.

 

[429nufc]

The cheese is never cheese it’s some greasy vegetable oil formulation. What about vinegar or even Non Brewed Condiment?

 

[Mushroom]

The government have confirmed a 10% increase in NI payments to add to the general increase in the cost of living.

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak confirm controversial National Insurance tax hike will go ahead

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have doubled down on a controversial hike to National Insurance, following reports the prime minister was having second thoughts about the policy. Mr Johnson has been under pressure from some backbench Conservative MPs to scrap or delay the increase to win back...

uk.news.yahoo.com

A sure fire vote winner then?

 

[yalimart]

Tough times to come for many.

UK food shop to increase by 'almost £200' as prices soar

Annual shopping bills are set to rise by almost £200 as inflation pushes up the cost of groceries, new data suggests.

uk.news.yahoo.com

 

[Tenpin]

But what's the cost of cake and wallpaper.....that's what the public need to know.

 

[429nufc]

Probably not the tens of thousands using food banks do you think?

 

[yalimart]

It gets tougher, those planning to depend elsewhere are likely to cut back even more now.

Energy price cap rises: Millions face average bill rise of £693 - but Sunak offers £350 government help

Surging wholesale gas prices have driven the increase in the price cap which comes at the same time as an interest rate hike by the Bank of England that will pile further pressure on struggling households.

news.sky.com

 

[Mushroom]

Interest rates from BOE now at 0.5% but they reckon it will have to get to 1.5% to make any impact on inflation.
The food banks are also getting the knock on effect from rising food prices as people can't afford as much shopping as before and are not donating enough.

 

[Camden]

It gets tougher, those planning to depend elsewhere are likely to cut back even more now.

Energy price cap rises: Millions face average bill rise of £693 - but Sunak offers £350 government help

Surging wholesale gas prices have driven the increase in the price cap which comes at the same time as an interest rate hike by the Bank of England that will pile further pressure on struggling households.

news.sky.com

A disgrace on a day one energy firm Shell reports a profit increase from £8billion last year to £12 billion this year .. ( and I am sure the chairman salary and bonus or shares will be in millions )

Instead of having a payback Tory loan on consumers, they should have introduced the Labour proposal of a "windfall tax" with a tax on excessive profits of the energy firms.

We wouldn't have had such a bad problem if it hadn't been due to the inept Tory management , in getting rid of our UK energy storage capacity as part of the Tory Austerity policy ... Where we could have bought and stored capacity when energy prices were low..

 

[enoch]

Interest rates from BOE now at 0.5% but they reckon it will have to get to 1.5% to make any impact on inflation.
The food banks are also getting the knock on effect from rising food prices as people can't afford as much shopping as before and are not donating enough.

The supper markets should help fill them rather than throwing the food out. One lady posted on her Facebook page about the waste and was sacked.