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The Times:
Britons find reasons to be cheerful in a glummer world

21 March 2019

Across the world people's evaluations of their happiness dropped to levels that were last seen after the financial crisis of 2008-09, having briefly risen in its aftermath but then fallen steadily. Levels of happiness in Britain rose slightly between 2016, when the Brexit referendum was held, and last year, as optimism among Leavers trumped gloom among Remainers. The country moved up the happiness index from 19th last year to 15th, with a score of 7.05 out of ten.
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, associate professor at Oxford University's Said Business School and associate editor of the report, said: "In the UK we have seen a slight, marginal uptick from year to year."