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#TodayILearned that “In the year 2000, the average house deposit was £9,865. In 2023, it was £62,500.

To put things another way: 20 years ago, you would only have to get to question eight out of 15 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? to be most of the way towards a deposit; now you’d have to get to question 11”

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/feb/01/i-can-pay-my-council-tax-the-ever-shrinking-world-of-tv-prize-money?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other