Michael Houghton: 'In a perfect world, wages would keep pace with inflation - but this isn't the case, so we need to continue pushing for pay increases'

"Continued career progress is the best way to counter inflation"

"At the end of last month, we took our long-overdue trip back to New Zealand. It was eight years since I had last been home, and it has been wonderful to share a New Zealand summer with my wife and children."

"One summer afternoon, an ice-cream van drove past and stopped near me as I was walking down the road. It instantly brought me back to my own childhood summers."

Continued career progress is the best way to counter inflation. A long-overdue trip back to New Zealand occurred at the end of last month after eight years away. The trip was shared with a wife and children and involved enjoying a New Zealand summer. During a summer afternoon walk, an ice-cream van drove past and stopped nearby. The sight and sound of the ice-cream van instantly evoked memories of childhood summers. The visit combined family time, seasonal experience, and evocative sensory memories alongside the prescriptive economic claim about career progress and inflation.

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