https://leftfootforward.org/2016/08/owen-smith-unveils-real-living-wage-of-8-25-in-boost-for-five-million-workers/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Wed, 03 Aug 2016 16:06:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://leftfootforward.org/2016/08/owen-smith-unveils-real-living-wage-of-8-25-in-boost-for-five-million-workers/#comment-812899 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 16:06:43 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=114152#comment-812899 It is the job of the corporate lobbyist to repesent capital over labour
It is the job of the corporate lobbyist to repesent the interests of the miniscule few over the interests of the many
Reverse the above two and that is (hopefully) the role of a Labour MP/Government
So, who will Owen Smith be representing ??

]]> https://leftfootforward.org/2016/08/owen-smith-unveils-real-living-wage-of-8-25-in-boost-for-five-million-workers/#comment-812870 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 13:54:56 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=114152#comment-812870 Not a chance he’ll ever get near No. 10, even with a nice suit and a plastic PR Persona. Just Tory lite.

]]> https://leftfootforward.org/2016/08/owen-smith-unveils-real-living-wage-of-8-25-in-boost-for-five-million-workers/#comment-812848 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 11:38:55 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=114152#comment-812848 By 2020, that will almost exactly be where the current ‘living wage’ will have risen to. What a joke of a policy: No mention of tying it to productivity and inflation.

]]> https://leftfootforward.org/2016/08/owen-smith-unveils-real-living-wage-of-8-25-in-boost-for-five-million-workers/#comment-812789 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 07:52:55 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=114152#comment-812789 Anything new here? Thought not.
Corbyn campaigned and was ELECTED LABOUR LEADER with a pledge for a £10 minimum wage and the abolition of business tax subsidies.

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