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sending Britons off emigrating to Australia and other countries
September 27, 2010 Australia – uSwith.com published an index today indicating that more and more Britons are emigrating to other countries, with Australia as their primary destination, due to the worsening living condition that they are currently experiencing in their country.
The rising prices of petrol, alcohol, food, and electricity, fewer holidays, bad weather, and longer working lives are some of the said reasons for the declining standard of living in the country, which is only a little better as compared to that in Ireland. As Anne Robinson, the director of consumer policy at uSwitch.com stated, their miserable but rich condition last year now became miserable and poor. She also added that the high cost of living has pushed the people to work harder, take fewer holidays, and retire later as compared to their European neighbors, adding heavier burden to the hardships that they are already experiencing.
To gauge the current quality of life of the people of UK, uSwitch.com used 16 factors which include net income, cost of people’s basic needs like food, fuel, energy bills, and VAT. Other lifestyle factors like holiday entitlement, working hours, hours of sunshine, and life expectancy were also used for this purpose. Through these factors, uSwitch.com has concluded and published the current index which only confirms the collective grievances of the Britons.
Australia has been recorded as the most popular migration destination for Britons. Records show that there are 1.04 million Britons who are currently holding residency in the Land Down Under. The year 2008/2009 was found witness to the 31,882 UK-born people who emigrated to Australia. 27 percent of this total were said to have gone to the western part of the country.
Compilers of the said index reiterated that the major contributors to the deteriorating living standards of the people in UK are high living costs, below-average Government spending on health and education, shorter holidays, and late retirement.
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