Miliband launches plan for “Make Work Pay” contracts
In an interview with the Independent on Sunday, Ed Miliband has announced plans to give a tax break…
Living wage
Cameron has presided over an astonishing and avoidable rise in poverty
Working parents are simply not earning enough to escape poverty. That was the recent, damning verdict of the…
Fair pay cannot just be for the good times
Over recent years I’ve spent a considerable amount of time calling for politicians to do more to address…
Labour must turn the minimum wage into a ‘living wage’ by 2020
As 2010 was defined by a debate on public spending, cuts and the deficit, 2015 will be the…
The Minimum Wage – where are we 15 years on?
For many in the Labour movement, July 31st, 1998, isn’t a memorable date: it’s no 1900 ‘Khaki election’,…
Lessons from history: three policies for a One Nation government
Since Ed Miliband’s speech at Labour Party conference last year, we have heard much talk about One Nation…
Becoming a Living Wage City – an ambition worth having
A cleaner met me on the corridor the other day as I was leaving the office and gave…
Unison calls for a living wage for all school staff
Unison have today called for the Living Wage to become the Minimum Wage in all of Britain’s schools.…
Exclusive: Poll shows public want Living Wage to be the legal minimum – even if it costs jobs
The Living Wage has been one of the key tenets of Ed Miliband’s leadership of the Labour Party,…
Barking and Dagenham Council introduce highest Living Wage in Britain
Barking and Dagenham Council have tonight agreed to implement a living wage of £9 an hour for all staff…
