This was supposed to be the year of strife, strikes, misery and more. Instead, to the surprise of Britain’s politicians, things have instead gone badly right. I look at them in my Telegraph column today, and here are the top points:-
1. Crime plunges
With the austerity and the unemployment, internal government reports predicted that Brits would respond by unleashing a crimewave. Instead, recorded crime has fallen to the lowest level in 25 years:
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2. We’re doing more with less
People think public services are getting better, in spite of substantial cuts in local authority spending. The doomsayers were wrong – thanks to resourceful British public servants, more is being done with less.
3. University acceptances at record high
The decision to treble tuition fees was predicted to lead to a drop-off of university students. Instead, acceptances of university places are at an all-time high.
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