this country is going crazy,how are normal working class people supposed to cope with all these price increases,the saying is true the rich get richer.

This happens in cycles. We have good financial times then we have slumps when everything gets too expensive and we got into a recession and then we come out again. Unfortunately we tend to remember the bad times more than the good. It is extremely unaffordable at the moment - I am extremely glad it is just me and hubby as I would be very concerned if we had kids as we wouldn't be providing them with much at the moment. Just hope the pay rises will be proportional to the increase in cost of living that we are suffering at the moment.