I love to bash the Tories/Brexit more than most, but I don't think the recent massive increase in inflation is a UK only thing or a Brexit thing.
Nor do I find it particularly strange that commonly visited articles on a government website are stuff to do with welfare/taxes/vehicle safety inspections.
I get it, UK=bad™ and you want to vent and feel superior about it, but this seems unsubstantial.
I think the gist of it is, it's somewhat worse for the UK. And that wouldn't have been the case without a few home-made problems, mainly brexit which has quite some impact on trade and economics. I think it's fascinating that these kind of politics only cause a few percent points of inflation more than other countries have.
It hasn't caused a few percent of inflation, our inflation has been pretty much identical to that of France's, which is the most similarly sized economy in Europe.
The UK proportionally importing more food, as well as being more susceptible to energy price changes due to extremely poor gas storage facilities, have been the main drivers of additional inflation in the UK.
Brexit will have 100% had a negative impact, but it's not even in the top 3 of inflation drivers, and certainly isn't adding multiple percentage points.
These doom and gloom submissions paint a completely inaccurate picture. People in most of Europe are experiencing broadly the same problems right now.
Woah, I didn't realize they have their own website. Respect.
The British government's website is genuinely the best government website I have visited
Yo be fair, this is happening in all the EU
