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Children's pocket money is outpacing inflation thanks to generous parents

KIDS’ ECONOMY 2022/23: POCKET MONEY ANNUAL REPORT REVEALS CHILDREN’S EARNINGS OUTPACE INFLATION
  • The NatWest Rooster Money Pocket Money Index, a study of over 125,000 children, is the most comprehensive analysis of the UK youth economy this year and reveals the trends shaping young people’s finances
  • Kids’ average earnings increased 11% to £338.84 a year (or £6.42 per week),
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2022 is the worst year for real wage growth in nearly half a century

TUC – 2022 is the worst year for real wage growth in nearly half a century
  • Average earnings have shrunk by nearly £80 a month over the course of the year
  • Key workers in the public sector have seen their pay plummet by £180 a month in real terms
  • Working people have been “pushed to breaking point” by over a decade of pay being held down warns TUC
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Average car journey costs have increased TWELVE times more than the cost of bus travel in the last six years

The average cost of car journeys has increased by 48% for diesel and 42% for petrol since 2015, with the average UK bus fare only increasing by 4.6% in this time.

New research from Stagecoach , the UK’s biggest bus and coach operator, has found that bus fares saw the lowest increases in this period, the only form of transport under the average national inflation level of 6.2% over...

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