Was this a manifesto promise? Can someone remind me?
And what about the PMs pledge to help those who are "just managing". These days this no doubt includes parents who have to both work to manage any kind of mortgage (PM specifically referred to people with mortgages).
The difference between the 70s and now is the relative cost of housing. I was able to afford to stay at home and look after kids for a few years with a husband on a basic teaching salary and a mortgage to pay. We didn't have much money to spare but we were not impoverished. Experienced that the year he was just on a mature student grant!
Someone said that if bread had risen in price as much as housing, since the 70s, a loaf would now cost about £70.
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