article_snippet: Overall, it means the average British voter now has more cash to spend than the average British voter did at the 2010 election.
article_snippet: Household spending per head also rose by 0.3 per cent in the final three months of last year.
article_snippet: Real Household Disposable Income per head was up by 1.9 per cent in the final three months of 2014 compared to 12 months earlier.
article_snippet: a calculation of incomings versus outgoings – now stands at £4,187 compared to £4,178 in the second quarter of 2010.
article_snippet: Labour’s £1,600 figure excludes tax changes and dates from April 2014:
article_snippet: Real household spending after inflation rose by 0.3 per cent in the year to December 2014.
article_snippet: While it is of huge political significance that living standards are now higher than in May 2010, the average household has only a tenner more to spend.
highlights_snippet: Disposable incomes per head were 1.9 per cent higher at the end of 2014 than a year earlier and 0.2 per cent higher than when Coalition came to power; .
  