Reports say the former sunless empire is taking huge losses today. The resignation of Prime Minister Liz Tress and the candidacy of the next Prime Minister are under discussion around the world, and more news is spreading about the economic collapse in Britain. According to information reported by the British media, including “The Guardian”, citizens are also fighting for food. As the UK cost of living crisis deepened, one in five experienced food insecurity in September. This means that more people are hungry now than in the first weeks of the Covid blockade, according to the Food Foundation’s charity survey.
Hunger levels in the UK have more than doubled since last January, according to the latest Food Foundation survey. About 10 million adults and four million children were unable to eat as much as usual last month. Hungry school children in some places steal food from their classmates and skip lunch because they don’t have the money to buy school meals. Some people are hungry for a day by eating only one piece of bread. As many as 800,000 children are affected.
Leading public health expert Sir Michael Marmot calls this increase in hunger “alarming”. He told the Guardian that stress, including mental illness, diabetes and heart disease, is on the rise among people, contributing to the deterioration of society.
Reasons
Experts point to many reasons for Britain’s crisis. Due to the covid and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the UK has experienced an increase in inflation. As a result, one in five low-income families face food insecurity, according to a report from the Food Foundation. Britain is estimated to be facing such a crisis as drought and high gas prices have put farmers under pressure.
It was last June that food insecurity was making life difficult for people in Britain. There have been reports that pubs in Britain could close within months as the energy crisis deepens. Many organizations have asked the government for more financial assistance to overcome the crisis.
Waiting for Sunak
The peculiarity of Rishi Sunak’s arrival is that an Indian origin comes as ruler of Great Britain, which ruled India for two centuries. Although he has the support of more than half of the ruling party’s MPs, Rishi Sunak is not highly regarded within the party. Sunak was convinced that the budget presented by the Lis Truss administration, expecting a revolutionary economic change, would lead to a massive collapse. In short, it was not Sunak’s acceptance, but Lis Truss’s taking that led to yet another regime change.
Sunak is known as a great economist. The only positive at the moment is the belief that he might be able to save the struggling British economy. He will be forced to cut public spending and raise tax rates in a country facing inflation of up to 10%. A reduction in public spending can lead to a recession. If the tax is raised, the energy tax can also be raised. Due to the Ukraine-Russia war, the price of energy, which has tripled in the last year, will rise again.
There is also a dispute over the provision of space for migrants. Former Interior Minister Suella Braverman’s statement that most of the people who remain in Britain after their visas are cleared are Indians, and this is an indication of the feelings of ordinary people. In this context, it will be difficult for the Sunak administration to adopt a liberal visa policy as required by India. In short, it is certain that the crown of thorns awaits Sunak.
