Quality of life measures should replace GDP as UK priority, public says in poll

More than eight in 10 Britons believe health and well-being more important than economic growth, according to survey

A sign painted on the road reading "Thank You NHS" outside Alder Hey Hospital on May 10, 2020 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Clive Brunskill/Getty)

More than 80 per cent of Britons think the UK should prioritise health and well-being over economic growth, according to a new poll.

The online poll, commissioned by the campaign group Positive Money and conducted by YouGov, asked 2,061 adults what the UK should prioritise during the Covid-19 pandemic.

While 12 per cent of respondents chose economic growth as the UK’s key concern, 82 per cent said the population’s health and well-being was of greater importance.