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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

That's approximately 16% of the population.

[–] palordrolap@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Of the total population.

The working-age population is probably half that, which doubles that 16% to 32%.

Let's see a newspaper run with "Austerity gone wrong: One in three Britons have no savings"

But then that's too many words for a front page.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Oof, that definitely paints a more dire picture.