Talk:2021 �present United Kingdom Cost-of-living Crisis

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Did you know... that Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey said that about 80% of the causes driving the ongoing UK cost of living crisis are global?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron ( talk) 12:11, 26 June 2022 (UTC) reply

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~~... that about 80% of the UK cost of living crisis involves global issues including the 2021–2022 global energy crisis and the 2020–present global chip shortage?~~
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Created by FeydHuxtable ( talk). Nominated by SL93 ( talk) at 17:12, 18 June 2022 (UTC). reply

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: The new hook is okay. Mehedi Abedin 11:58, 22 June 2022 (UTC) reply

The article (and hook) identifies the global chip shortage as a cause for inflation, and uses this source to verify this. However, I could not find mention of the chip shortage in the source. Can you quote where the shortage is mentioned in the source, or provide another source to verify this information? I am also concerned that the hook says 80% of inflation is caused by global factors, when the article identifies this as the opinion of the BoE governor. Perhaps the governor should be mentioned in the hook? Z1720 ( talk) 19:33, 21 June 2022 (UTC) reply

Z1720 Mehediabedin ALT1 ... that Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey said that about 80% of the UK cost of living crisis involves global issues? I cited the chip shortage, but I'm going for a different hook now. SL93 ( talk) 22:21, 21 June 2022 (UTC) reply

@ Mehediabedin: If this hook is acceptable to you, can you readd the green tick? If not, can you outline your concerns? Thanks. Z1720 ( talk) 00:24, 22 June 2022 (UTC) reply

@ Z1720: Accepted. Mehedi Abedin 11:59, 22 June 2022 (UTC) reply

Readding green tick, per above. Z1720 ( talk) 14:13, 22 June 2022 (UTC) reply

Year needed

I feel the year may be needed in the article title. I’m sure other periods of financial difficulties in the UK (for example in the 1970s) would have been characterised as a “cost of living crisis”.

Would be interested to hear the thoughts of other editors. JLo-Watson ( talk) 13:22, 19 September 2022 (UTC) reply

It's probably safe to say that over 99.999% of talk right now is about the current crises, so it seems safe to assume most readers searching for "UK cost of living crisis" would want this page. I agree that including the date in the year is desirable, but would have waited until the crisis abates before doing so. But no harm accepting your rename for now. Let's hope there is never a case for chaning it to 2023 or later. FeydHuxtable ( talk) 14:15, 25 September 2022 (UTC) reply

Add hyphens in title

The noun phrase "the cost of living" is written without hyphens, but when it is used attributively (as in "the cost-of-living crisis") it is written with hyphens (see Wikipedia Manual of Style / Punctuation / Hyphens). I propose adding hyphens to the title of this page. Timothy Cooper ( talk) 07:20, 7 December 2022 (UTC) reply

" Cost of living in the United Kingdom" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Cost of living in the United Kingdom has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 March 1 § Cost of living in the United Kingdom until a consensus is reached. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 17:44, 1 March 2023 (UTC) reply

Why "British"?

The "British" cost-of-living crisis isn't very British, but a worldwide phenomenon: 2021–2023 inflation surge. Shouldn't this at least be mentioned? The article is written in a way it claims it's almost a British-only phenomenon, while the UK doesn't even stand out in the rise of cost of living compared to the rest of the world. SystemBit ( talk) 23:19, 4 September 2023 (UTC) reply