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Monday 23 January 2012

Pay freezes and rising bills mean Squeezed Middle must wait EIGHT YEARS to get pre-recession income back

Squeezed: As many as 5.8million households are struggling to pay essential bills and unable to afford many simple pleasures according to a new study   

Pay freezes and rising bills mean ‘the Squeezed Middle’ will have to wait until 2020 – at best – to return to pre-recession living standards, a study says today.

As many as 5.8million households are struggling to pay essential bills and unable to afford many simple pleasures.

Almost half this group – 45 per cent – do not have enough money to go away on holiday

Forty per cent cannot afford to replace worn out furniture, while 24 per cent cannot afford a night out with friends or family at least once a month.

Eight per cent cannot even find the cash to buy two decent pairs of shoes...  more:

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