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Wages

Wages & Living Standards

Real Growth
-0.2%/year since 2008
Lost Income
Β£20,000/family
OECD Rank
27th of 34
35%Current
Potential: 70%

βœ—Key Problems

  • 1.Real wages flat since 2007-08
  • 2.Families Β£20,000 poorer vs pre-2005 trend
  • 3.Tracks productivity one-for-one
  • 4.Regional disparities largest in OECD

βœ“Solutions

  • 1.Productivity gains feed through to wages
  • 2.Regional rebalancing of economic activity
  • 3.Skills uplift for wage progression
  • 4.Housing cost reduction
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Analysis

Root Causes

1

Real wages flat since 2007-08

2

Families Β£20,000 poorer vs pre-2005 trend

3

Tracks productivity one-for-one

4

Regional disparities largest in OECD

Reform Pathway

1

Productivity gains feed through to wages

2

Regional rebalancing of economic activity

3

Skills uplift for wage progression

4

Housing cost reduction

Cascade Effects

Reforms in Wages & Living Standards will have downstream effects on 5 connected domains:

Britain's Lost Wages: The Stagnation Story - Infographic
Britain's Lost Wages: The Stagnation Story β€’ Data sources cited in image