One million cancel broadband as living costs rise
Visiting family in the UK for the first time in about five years. Costs here are _way_ higher than I remember. I bought three hamburgers, three drinks, and two large pops at a burger shop here, the total was 48 GBP (about $60 USD). This was at Five Guys. I couldn&#x27;t believe it.<p>I visited my co-worker in the UK, and over some beers, he mentioned he&#x27;s getting taxed at 48-50% on top of this. Also 20% VAT on regular shopping. I couldn&#x27;t believe it, so he pulled up his pay stub on his phone and showed me.<p>Family members out here who are working non-tech regular jobs are telling me they had to cut back on turning on their heating at night during the winter. I grew up in Canada, and lived seven years in Los Angeles, but now live in Asia. I don&#x27;t know how the UK is going to get back to where it was 10ish years ago.