Why has economy suffered so much?

PEOPLE must be getting really desperate when Tesco Extra at Redruth have to put security tags on milk.

We’re supposed to be the sixthrichest country in the world. Where has it all gone wrong? The rich get richer, the poor get poorer.

The Office for National Statistics puts Britain at the bottom of the European countries for growth. Their economies are growing, yet ours is stagnant. Answers, please.

Tommy Bray Cornwall