9 Years of Tory Government: How Did They Do?

I decided to spend the day today making charts to remind people of the Conservatives record in government since 2010. Here are the results…

1. Declining Wages, Zero Hours Contracts

Here’s the first, on jobs, showing how wages in the UK have declined vs other G7 countries, and the huge increase in zero hours contracts.

2. Falling Police Numbers, Rising Crime

Here’s how the Conservatives have been doing on crime since 2010. Police numbers falling, recorded violent crime incidents rising (Nb. the Crime Survey — an alternative measure — shows a pretty flat trend under Tories after sharp decline from 1995–2010).

3. NHS Staff Shortage, Long Waits at A&E

Although the Conservatives have thrown record amounts of cash at the NHS, the health service has a staffing shortfall of over 100,000 (including over 30,000 nurses), while accident & emergency waiting times (and most other waiting times for that matter) have seen a sharp rise.

4. Privatization hurting everyone’s pockets

Under the Conservatives we have seen the privatisation of Royal Mail and weak regulation of other privatised monopolies, resulting in the continuing above-inflation rises in the costs of utilities (water, electricity, gas) and public transport.

Please feel free to download and share these charts in any way you like. If you post on Twitter, please do tag me @bothness.

If you want to check out the data and sources behind these visuals, you can find them in this spreadsheet.