UK Economy 'Moving In Wrong Direction' Say Nearly Three-Quarters Of British Voters

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Huffington Post

UK Economy 'Moving In Wrong Direction' Say Nearly Three-Quarters Of British Voters
PA | Posted: 12/06/2012 06:50 Updated: 12/06/2012 07:23

Almost three-quarters (73 per cent) of British voters think the country is "moving in the wrong direction" economically, while a huge 93 per cent fear that their children's generation will be worse off, according to an international poll released ahead of next week's G20 summit of leading economies in Mexico.

Voters in the UK were gloomier than people elsewhere in the G20, where an average 58 per cent think their countries' economies are heading in the wrong direction.

Despite the crisis in the eurozone, voters across the EU had a less pessimistic view of the state of the economy, with 56 per cent saying their country was heading in the wrong direction and 65 per cent that future generations would be less wealthy than this one.

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Some 80 per cent of Britons thought that banks and financial institutions had too much influence over the Government's economic decisions, while 72 per cent said the same about large corporations - compared to 67 per cent and 65 per cent across the G20 as a whole. Just 30 per cent of those questioned in the UK said workers and unions had too much influence.


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[T_i_B]

1. Well of course the economy's heading in the wrong direction

We're in recession. That's never the right direction.