The cost of living in the UK is very high!! We earn really good wages but neither of us have had a pay rise in years (Im a Midwife, Husband Electrical Contracts manager)
we are a family of 4 and spend huge amounts on healthy food like £150 week plus top ups, this makes me almost cry when I go shopping and I shop around for deals!
gas £90 mth, elec £120 mth, ctax £150, water £35, phone/broadband £65, sky £45, mortgage £1200, car ins £42 (small car engine) house ins £30 (both contents/buildings) tv lic £12, it just goes on and on!! debts blah blah!! plus the UK is miserable a family day out will cost £100-150, nothing free to do except walks and the park etc its crap!!
I cant wait to move to OZ I dont mind the higher cost of living as the wages are higher so I feel its all relevant plus there's lots to do and the weather is beautiful!
we feel we just exist in the UK not actually live and I feel theres no future for the kids here unless they want to join the local gang culture! anyone coming back to the UK is mad! just my opinion!!