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  2. Affordability of housing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    United Kingdom housing affordability as described by mortgage payments as a percentage of take-home pay from 1983 to 2015. United Kingdom housing affordability as described by house price to earnings ratio from 1984 to 2015. The gap between average income and average housing prices changed between 1985 and 2015 from twice an average salary to ...

  3. List of European countries by average wage - Wikipedia

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    The countries and territories on the map have a net average monthly salary (adjusted for living costs in PPP) of: Purple. above $4,000. Green. $3,000 to $3,999. Blue. $2,000 to $2,999. Orange. $1,499 to $1,999.

  4. Pensions in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Pension Protection Fund was set up to act as a safety net in case a scheme was unable to pay the defined benefits it was committed to. According to the PPF, pension funds in the UK are estimated to have been £367.5 billion in deficit at the end of January 2015. The report puts the deficit at 40%. The PPF figures show that the funds fell ...

  5. Severance package - Wikipedia

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    1-month salary for employees with seniority of less than 2 years (with given employer); 2-months salary for employees with seniority of 2 – 8 year (with given employer); 3-months salary for employees with seniority of more than 8 years (with given employer). Maximum severance is limited with a 15 x statutory minimum salary. See also

  6. Salaries of members of the United Kingdom Parliament

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    The basic annual salary of a Member Of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons is £91,346, [1] as of April 2024. In addition, MPs are able to claim allowances to cover the costs of running an office and employing staff, and maintaining a constituency residence or a residence in London. [2] Additional salary is paid for appointments or ...

  7. Mortgage - Wikipedia

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    Finance. A mortgage loan or simply mortgage ( / ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒ / ), in civil law jurisdictions known also as a hypothec loan, is a loan used either by purchasers of real property to raise funds to buy real estate, or by existing property owners to raise funds for any purpose while putting a lien on the property being mortgaged.

  8. Universal Credit - Wikipedia

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    Universal Credit is a United Kingdom social security payment. It is means-tested and is replacing and combining six benefits, for working-age households with a low income: income -related Employment and Support Allowance, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, and Income Support; Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit; and Housing Benefit.

  9. United Kingdom national debt - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom national debt is the total quantity of money borrowed by the Government of the United Kingdom at any time through the issue of securities by the British Treasury and other government agencies. At the end of March 2023, UK General government gross debt was £2,537.0 billion, or 100.5% gross domestic product.