Neal Lawson: Labour must back the universal basic income and use it as a springboard to power
There are moments in your political life when you have to pinch yourself. When John McDonnell, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor…
National Minimum Wage
The real living wage is good for bosses and workers – but Osborne’s meddling won’t tackle low pay
If you work hard is it fair to be paid less because you’re young, or should we…
New living wage an “act of deception” for millions facing cuts
Millions of people are set to be worse off despite today’s rise in the minimum wage, due to…
Poor pay the price for Osborne’s failure as “national living wage” is cut
Low pay is a blight on the UK economy, denying millions of hard working Britons the dignity of…
Faster rise in minimum wage most popular new pledge from Labour manifesto
This week has been manifestos galore. UKIP, the Tories, the greens, the Lib Dems – they all launched…
Labour’s manifesto: new policies
This morning Ed Miliband unveiled Labour’s manifesto in Manchester. Before the Labour leader took to the stage, we…
“We need a reality check about inequality in Britain” – Miliband comments on Davos
This week the World Economic Forum’s annual winter meeting in Davos is taking place. 2,500 business leaders, political…
Quarter of a million workers don’t even get paid the minimum wage
250,000 people are in jobs that pay less than the national minimum wage (NMW), according to the Trades…
Labour need to go further on the National Minimum Wage, say LabourList readers
At the start of the week, Alan Milburn the former Labour minister who now chairs the commission on…
Weekly Survey: the National Minimum Wage, Ukip and the Greens, and the Mansion Tax
This week, Alan Milburn, who chairs to commission on social mobility and child poverty said that Labour’s plans…
