Britain ‘no longer a rich country’ after living standards plunge

Parts of the UK are now worse off than the poorest regions of Slovenia and Lithuania

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Britain is no longer a rich country after 15 years of stagnation “caused UK living standards to plummet”, according to economists, leaving parts of the UK worse off than the poorest parts of nations including Slovenia and Lithuania...

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