Proving that Britain is now one of the most expensive places to live in the world, London has just been ranked at number 2 in a survey of the world's most expensive cities - only Tokyo is more expensive. Even lowly Glasgow now ranks at number 41, though that's probably due to my upwardly mobile chums in the West End pushing up property prices and the cost of a latte. Interestingly, Finland, which used to be the most expensive country in Europe, now comes in with Helsinki at number 23, far cheaper than Copenhagen (number 8), and probably why the Finns are so much happier.