ONS · 11 May 2010 – 8 May 2015

Average weekly pay, real terms during the Coalition 2010–2015 government

2010 Q1 → 2015 Q1 · 20 periods

↓ 3.4%−£16 £

Average weekly pay, real terms fell by 3.4% over the period, from £468 £ (2010 Q1, the level when the government took office) to £452 (2015 Q1, the last complete period before it left office).

Inherited level 2010 Q1: £468
Level when it left 2015 Q1: £452
method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

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Definition and caveats

Average weekly earnings including bonuses, adjusted by ONS for consumer price inflation and expressed at constant prices, so changes show what pay buys rather than its cash value.

Doesn’t measure: The cost of living faced by any particular household, which depends on what that household actually spends money on.