Wednesday, October 5, 2011

UK has 'worst quality of life in Europe'

Survey of 10 developed European countries puts UK at bottom of the pile due to high costs of living, while France takes top spot
People with umbrellas walk through rain in London.
The UK has the second lowest hours of sunshine a year of the countries included in the uSwitch quality of life index.

The UK has been named the worst place to live in Europe for quality of life, behind countries with damaged economies such as Ireland and Italy, according to the latest uSwitch quality of life index.

The UK emerged as having the second lowest hours of sunshine a year, the fourth highest retirement age, and the third lowest spend on health as a percentage of GDP.

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3 comments:

  1. vzaOctober 5, 2011 at 9:21 AM

    Don't believe it!

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  2. AnonymousOctober 6, 2011 at 3:10 AM

    Neither do I. Poland is in the EU, but the Poles are in the UK. Why, if there country is better?

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  3. ananOctober 8, 2011 at 6:06 PM

    I am very pro British. But kudos to TGIA for speaking truth to power.

    VZA, why don't you believe it? Have you seen the state of the British economy? Ireland by contrast has far better fundamentals.

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