{"id":225718,"date":"2025-03-12T21:06:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T21:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uks-poorest-households-3000-a-year-worse-off-than-germany-and-france-as-families-skip-meals\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T21:06:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T21:06:31","slug":"uks-poorest-households-3000-a-year-worse-off-than-germany-and-france-as-families-skip-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uks-poorest-households-3000-a-year-worse-off-than-germany-and-france-as-families-skip-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"UK\u2019s poorest households \u00a33,000 a year worse off than Germany and France as families skip meals."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/L5SsLrUW2M0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"UK\u2019s poorest households \u00a33,000 a year worse off than Germany and France as families skip meals.\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L5SsLrUW2M0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Analysis shows if wage growth continued in line with the pre-2008 trend, the average worker in the UK would be earning \u00a312,000 more per year today. ITV News Business and Economics Editor Joel Hills explains.<\/p>\n<p>At Scawthorpe Community Playgroup in Doncaster, a group of toddlers hurl themselves at a formidable collection of plastic toys. The children have been born in the sixth largest economy on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>Britain is a rich nation, but its wealth is unevenly shared and life on a low income is hard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the time you\u2019ve paid all your bills, you\u2019ve got nothing left,\u201d Gabbi Lumsden said.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbi is sitting with Becky Hall. Gabbi and Becky are both single mothers with six children between them, and both rely on benefits.Benefits which don\u2019t always cover the bare essentials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a mum, you eat one meal a day,\u201d reveals Gabbi with a surprising grin. \u201cAs long as your kids get fed, you\u2019re alright.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The UK economy has been crawling along for the best part of 15 years and the result is stagnating pay, over-stretched public services and a sharp increase in the number of people who are struggling financially.<\/p>\n<p>Low growth is not a uniquely British problem, but new analysis by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) reveals that the living standards of households in the poorest parts of the UK are lagging behind their counterparts in many other countries.<\/p>\n<p>Wages and benefits in the UK may seem high on paper, but NIESR has compared disposable incomes and made adjustments for purchasing power &#8211; which takes into account what people can actually buy for their money.<\/p>\n<p>The conclusion is blunt:<br \/>\nThe lowest 10% of earners in the UK &#8211; roughly three million households &#8211; are more than \u00a33000 a year worse off than the poorest households in Germany and \u00a31500 a year worse off than the lowest earners in France.<\/p>\n<p>They are now also poorer than people in the poorest parts of Slovenia (where average disposable income is almost \u00a3900 a year higher), Malta (\u00a31000 higher) and Ireland (\u00a32300 higher).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follows ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis shows if wage growth continued in line with the pre-2008 trend, the average worker in the UK would be earning \u00a312,000 more per year today. 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