A year of high stakes for pay packets
As the general election hurtles towards us, this year’s Fair Pay Fortnight provides a timely reminder of what a…
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Everyone loses out from a low-pay economy
Over the last year I’ve seen how David Cameron and George Osborne’s failure to make work pay is…
Labour-run council becomes the first to offer discount rates for paying the living wage
Brent’s Labour-run council will today become the first in the country to give discounted business rate to companies…
Labour will offer people a new deal: work hard for a fair day’s pay
If you work hard, you get a fair day’s pay. Not an unreasonable thing to believe in is…
Time to pay school support staff their due
The debate about schools, pupil attainment and changes to our education system rages on. Yet there is one…
Miliband makes his pitch to British business – and it turns out there’s plenty they might like
Ed Miliband is off to speak to the CBI today. After half a week of public angst over…
Why Britain’s women won’t “calm down”
From November 4th until the end of 2014, women across the country will effectively be working for free. The…
Unison leader tells Labour “the only way to deal with the cost of living crisis is to give people a pay increase”
Unison General Secretary Dave Prentis threw down the gauntlet to the Labour leadership on pay today, pushing the…
Miliband says Labour will raise minimum wage “significantly” by linking it to average earnings
Ed Miliband is set to announce that a Labour government will act on the minimum wage – pledging…
From food banks to fair pay
We all know that politicians love to talk about ‘fairness’. Hardly anyone will disagree that people should be…
