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A Living Wage for all should be Labour’s mission

By Gavin Edwards

Last week The Resolution Foundation and the IPPR published a joint report “Beyond the Bottom Line”, which outlined various options for how a Living Wage could be rolled out across the country. The report is excellent in almost every way, at…

Flip-flopping Simon Hughes
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Flip-flopping Simon Hughes

By Gavin Edwards

Last week LabourList was the first to report that Simon Hughes MP is under investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards amid claims he failed to fully declare a high value donation received by his local Liberal Democrat…

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The Tory Argument Against Regional Pay

By Gavin Edwards

It’s not common for a Government to conclusively lose the argument about one of its own policies purely on the basis of the evidence. Ministers are usually able to construct something resembling an intellectual fig-leaf which maintains…

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The Value of Trade Union Facility Time

By Gavin Edwards

Decent employers know that it makes sense to give trade union reps time off in order to represent workers, negotiate with employers and attend meetings with managers – among a raft of other things. A widespread practise, it was not…

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