According to a survey conducted by uswitch.com the U.K. has the lowest quality of life compared to 9 other European countries. They concluded that:

Best quality of life can be found in France and Spain.

The worst can be found in the UK and Ireland[1]

Depressing: UK workers can expect to work 3 years longer[2] and die 2 years younger than their French counterparts[3]

Cost of living: consumers in the UK are paying above the European average for fuel[4], food[5], alcohol[6] and cigarettes[7]

Health and education: the UK’s spend on healthcare[8] and education[9] is below the European average. Only Ireland and Poland spend less on healthcare, but Ireland has more doctors and hospital beds and Poland has more beds than the UK[10]

Longer life: Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden all enjoy longer life expectancy than the UK[3]

Retirement age in the UK has dropped, but it is still the 4th highest in Europe[2] UK enjoys highest net household income[11], but workers in the UK get lowest holiday entitlement in Europe[12].

It's only going to get worse.

Be scared, very scared!