'Up to 60k a year' is middle class?

Does that make plumbers middle class, as they earn above that?

Personally I think middle class would be around £80-150k. (I know its not all based on salary.)

According to the BOE calculator[1] 50k in 2000 is 90k nowadays.

I think this country has a Freddo issue on wages and what certain demographic grew up with seems to be what society accepts.

Minimum wage is 23k, with an average UK wage of 28k. In ~10 years most people are going to be on minimum. Even some of the middle class according to this article (30k).

[1]: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/in...