The wisdom of Labour’s dalliance with conservatism remains to be seen
Blue Labour has been a reawakening for the Labour Party – but it coincides with a yearning for a half-remembered dream and risks alienating the broad centre-left.
Blue Labour has been a reawakening for the Labour Party – but it coincides with a yearning for a half-remembered dream and risks alienating the broad centre-left.
Ed Miliband’s headline political messages have proved adept at analysing and encapsulating the issues facing Britain – and in a way that people can relate to.
The Resolution Foundation’s Gavin Kelly and Matthew Whittaker look at whether squeezed households will really borrow more to prop up living standards.
The latest prescription price increase is likely to fall disproportionately on low-to-middle earners, writes Resolution Foundation senior economist Matthew Whittaker.
The Resolution Foundation’s Commission on Living Standards launched this morning, tasked with improving the lives of people on low-to-middle incomes, reports Shamik Das.
Ed Miliband will warn this morning of a “cost of living crisis” at the launch of the Resolution Foundation’s Commission on Living Standards, reports Shamik Das.
As is often the case, one fails to really get to grips with the impact of changes on living standards if one doesn’t fairly compare households of different sizes.
Vincenzo Rampulla asks how did Young Fabians allow themselves to become less radical than Maurice Glasman?
The new study by Experian confused what constitutes the real ‘middle Britain’, reports Chris Tarquini.
The 2010 ‘Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings’ data released today by the ONS shows that the median annual salary earned by all workers fell by 0.4 per cent in nominal terms from £21,310 in 2009 to £21,221 in 2010. Once inflation is taken into account (RPI increased by 5.3 per cent between April 2009 and April 2010, which is the date the ASHE survey relates to), stagnation turns to significant contraction, with the median salary falling by a sizeable 5.4 per cent.