How can we end the UK’s fat cat culture?
Other countries have much better legislation to ensure income is distributed fairly
Green Politics
Looking at new ways to end corporate tax avoidance
A new parliamentary group on responsible tax hopes to stimulate a debate which includes all voters
G7’s ‘New Alliance’ deal is failing farmers in Africa
Why does the UK government persist in rolling out schemes in support of corporatised agriculture?
Gone no sooner that it had come: Is earnings growth slipping away?
If monthly flat-lining does not end, the official statistics will see year-on-year earnings growth fall to zero by around March or April next year
New research shows inequality is getting even worse
For the wealthiest 10 per cent of households, wealth increased by 21 per cent between July 2010 and June 2014
Conservatives all talk when it comes to tackling tax avoidance
A report tackling tax avoidance and evasion has been voted for by almost all political parties in the European Parliament… except for British Conservatives.
Scotland opts not to change income tax
The Scottish Government has decided not to change the rates of incomes tax ahead of it gaining new powers to vary them.
The sharing economy could be transformational for the UK. So why are we lagging behind?
A new report describes a number of ways local governments in North America have implemented sharing economy programmes. what can the UK learn?
Poorest in Scotland face “double whammy”, argues think tank
The poorest families in Scotland face the prospect of being more than £800 a year worse off as a result of the Chancellor’s plans for spending and benefits.
For wage growth in 2016 we need to raise productivity. How do we do that?
Today the Resolution Foundation has published figures from their Earnings Outlook saying that unless workforce productivity rises in the UK next year, Britain’s pay recovery will barely last.