Just learned that British are about as poor as Americans when looking at the lower income class. I thought they paid their lower wage workers better than here.
"According to the Money Advice Service, about 17 million people in Britain have less than 100 pounds ($122) in savings to dip into when a crisis strikes and those working in some of the sectors worst hit by the pandemic are particularly vulnerable."
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-credit-ins/britons-spurned-by-banks-caught-in-a-coronavirus-credit-crunch-idUSKBN22X0IR