How are things in UK these days ? Getting better slowly or worse ?

[LeftishBrit]

7. For many people, worse

Even in the South, which is not the worst affected part of Britain, there are possibly more people with jobs than at the height of the recession; but many of these jobs are part-time and/or very insecure. Casualization is the name of the game, at all levels. I certainly don't see much that's getting better.

Health, education and other public services are suffering badly from cuts. The NHS is just barely able to cope right now; heaven help us if there's a major flu epidemic or other crisis.

And as others have remarked, people who are poor, unemployed, disabled, or otherwise in need are being stomped on, in the good old Thatcherite tradition of making it a virtue to kick people when they're down.