Joseph Rowntree Foundation survey

“only a minority of the general population, 36 per cent, think that a car is something that everybody needs.”

“up from 22 per cent who thought so in 1983, since when the number who say they cannot afford to buy a car has fallen from 22 per cent to 11 per cent.”

“24 per cent now lack at least three items considered necessary by the majority of the population, compared to 14 per cent in 1983.”