The pay policy pressure cooker
As Fair Pay Fortnight begins, the unrelenting ferocity of this government’s assault on the pay of working people…
Pay
Britain’s unbalanced economy offers no real recovery for the forgotten millions
The recent return to growth is welcome. Particularly after the Government’s misguided economic plan starved the economy of…
Raising our sights as well as raising pay
Sometimes the old ones are the best. When a senior manager at Ford was showing off a new…
Lifting boats and raising pay
It’s been a good week for the political debate about living standards and the cost of living crisis.…
Miliband says he’d turn down a 10% pay rise
Speaking to BBC News, Ed Miliband said: “If this was to go ahead I wouldn’t be accepting this…
Increasing wages in the public sector will also have a positive influence on the economy
Back in 2010 George Osborne used a myth that low pay was only a problem in the private…
Could Labour use outsourcing to improve pay and conditions?
Before Ed Miliband and One Nation. Before Blair, Brown and New Labour. Before Tony Giddens, Life Politics and…
Why Labour should oppose changes to teachers’ pay
Last year, Michael Gove announced that he will scrap the national pay scales for teachers by this September,…
What the Tories don’t know about how their voters think
The Conservative Party are drifting out of touch with their supporters on the bread and butter issues of…
The last thing MPs need is a pay rise
When it comes to MPs, I realise I’m in a minority. I don’t believe they’re all greedy, self-interested,…
