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Standard of Living

Commons · Question 19531 · Tabled 11 Dec 2024 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 16 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Andrew Cooper

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to help improve living standards in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency, (b) Cheshire and (c) England.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 16 Dec 2024

The Government knows UK living standards, as measured by Real Household Disposable Income (RHDI) per capita, have not grown at the pace many would have hoped for in recent years. If it had grown at the same rate between 2010 and 2023 as it did between 199...