Leo McKinstry

The squeezed middle is a myth

Middle England is screaming about lost entitlements – but quietly doing rather well

[Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images] 
issue 16 August 2014

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[/audioplayer]Almost from the moment the coalition came to power four years ago, a mood of deepening grievance has gripped parts of the middle class, fuelled by a sense that they have been the biggest losers from the government’s austerity programme.

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