Did you hear that the UK was in recession was a question that popped up at the pub in the last week or so. The resounding replies were “and waters wet.” A generation of young people simultaneously not bothered. If you ask our parents though, the word recession will often muster a haunting reaction. So what makes young people so unbothered.

At this point it feels like you can only beat a dead horse so much. That sentence also summarises the morale of young people across the nation. Theres an overwhelming feeling of not knowing how to feel. Should we be motivated to work harder to bring this nation back to the strong economy it deserves, or shall we feel frustrated that during the cost of living crisis major supermarket chains made record profits at the expense of working class people and a government that stood by whilst it happened.

The weekends that young people use to enjoy out with friends have turned into a two day recovery in which all we do is rest up for the next working week ahead. We’re feeling let down by the world around us. Rising rents and unaffordable homes on salaries that never keep up with the spiralling cost of utilities and food. My grandparents always say that their generation before us had it so good that we are paying the consequences for it. The biggest consequence of which is housing.