The cost of living crisis is at the forefront of people’s minds. There are people who cannot afford to heat their homes or are having to choose between heating and eating. There are students who are left with less than £30 a week, which is inevitably affecting their education.
There are students who are left with less than £30 a week, which is inevitably affecting their education.
The rising inflation and economic instability coupled with the resistance to increase people’s wages has guaranteed strikes and protests from a variety of sectors. Lecturers, rail workers and teachers are some of the people striking in order for their employers and the government to ensure fairer wages.
Protests and strikes are nothing new, however as a result of the political situation they seem to have become more prevalent, with some arguing that Britain could see a new ‘winter of discontent’ this winter as a result.
Protests and strikes are not meant to be convenient. They are meant to disrupt the day-day running of society and this is what these strikes and protests are doing. Lecturers on strike means that students are missing out on their education and rail workers on strike means that people are unable to travel. All this causes disruption to our everyday lives. However, this is needed in order to grab the attention of the government and make a stand regarding the unfairness of working conditions and wages.
With the increasing prices of energy and everyday essentials but the unchanging nature of wages of certain sectors, there is no doubt in my mind that there is an outbreak of strikes and protests on the horizon. In fact, I believe that we are already starting to see this take place and it is not going to get any better until the government gives people a way to manage during this period of high inflation and the cost of living crisis.
Although, it does not seem that the current government’s economic policies are going far enough to help the most impoverished, with Enough is Enough arguing that the new budget is “making hungry children pay for their mistakes. This is not a ‘compassionate’ budget. This is the budget of a broken economy.” Therefore, with the current economic policy being regarded as not enough, there is no doubt that protests and strikes will continue over Christmas and into the New Year to try and push the Conservative government into rethinking how to help the people of Britain.
