Do you think the UK will recover from the cost of living crisis?

Depends on the time frame we’re talking about. In our lifetime, I absolutely hope so. But most people don’t think in terms of their lifespans, they think over the next couple years, 5, 10 years etc. Because that’s the period over which they immediately need sustainable food income/cost of living. Can’t speak for anyone else but I’m building my life around the fundamental idea of reducing inequality, improving quality of life for people etc. We’re all individual units within the economy and all impact it in some way. I want my long-term impact to be systemic and positive for as many people as possible. Obviously there’s no guarantee that will materialise. But the odds of it occurring if you don’t make it a long-term goal or perceive it to be an achievable goal is 0. So I’m definitely aiming high and hopefully if there are enough people in the country sharing that mentality, someone or some group of people will have that impact. One person (like myself) can’t impact things at a big scale in the short term without power. Like none of us can wave a wand and improve quality of life for the masses overnight. But you can put effort into trying to diagnose what you think the issues are and working to build something over years/decades that will help provide a solution to that problem. If no one’s bothering or confident enough to aim high and individuals don’t believe they can have systemic impacts, then the same forces that currently maintain the stagnant status quo will continue to dominate. Just my outlook. Probably not the answer most are looking for because it doesn’t give us a concrete solution in a near time frame but also doesn’t pass off the blame onto politicians, massive corporations etc that people like to do in these discussions. What’s the point of complaining about cost of living if your life doesn’t revolve around fixing the issues you complain about if you get my drift. This is a very privileged view to hold though I understand that. Hard to think about how to address the country’s problems when you’re just trying to make ends meet. My biggest concern is that the conditions people live I just pressures them towards that stagnation spiral individually, which is obviously then reflected at the aggregate level. If people aren’t actually creating, innovating, building, taking risk etc, we’re gonna keep struggling.