How to control welfare spending: build houses and raise the minimum wage
There are more progressive ways to control spending than bashing the poor.
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How the cost of food soared during the recession
To get an idea of just why so many people are struggling, take a look at this graph, which tracks the increase in the cost of basic food items from 2012 to 2013.
Young people have been failed by the coalition; and Labour recognises that
Should it win the General Election next year, Labour will guarantee starter jobs for anyone between 18 and 24 who have been out of work for a year.
It’s time for a collective bargaining renaissance
The decline in the bargaining power of labour has been a contributory factor to the fall in living standards.
Manufacturing jobs may be coming back to Britain
Moving production to low cost countries – costing thousands of skilled manufacturing jobs – may be going into reverse.
The government is messing low paid workers around for political capital
It’s a shame the government has to mess around millions of low paid workers for a relatively small amount of political capital.
Could an independent Scotland really have a healthier credit rating than the UK?
Would Scotland really qualify for Standard & Poor’s “highest economic assessment”?
Chuka Umunna speech: more important than you think
Chuka Ummuna has set out Labour’s plans to institutionalize the developmental state and the rise in productivity it achieved in 1997-2010 to solve the living standards crisis.
Public more worried about Tory relationship with big business than about Labour and the unions
The public are more concerned about the Tory Party’s relationship with big business than they are worried about Labour’s relationship with the trade unions.
Apprenticeships must be more than just another vocational option for the non-academic
The apprenticeship brand has work to do to adapt its image for a new generation of workers.