Is today’s minimum wage rise the calm before the storm?
The next few years will be virgin territory on low pay and minimum wages
Green Politics
Making Corbynomics credible
John McDonnell’s appointment of a council of economic experts is a shrewd move
The Volkswagen affair was a missed opportunity for the left
You couldn’t ask for a clearer demonstration of the dominance of corporate power over democratic governments
Don’t listen to the scaremongering: London can support a new living wage
A higher minimum wage of £8 an hour would not lead to significant job losses in London
A Lidl bit closer to a genuine Living Wage
How can premium chains continue to argue that a living wage isn’t possible when the discount chains clearly think it is?
Why council employees won’t be welcoming Osborne’s Living Wage
Local government and school workers have been singled out for the harshest treatment of any group in the public sector
Today marks the first quarterly unemployment rise in four years
In terms of headcount, 1.8 million people are unemployed, still higher than ahead of the crisis
Unemployment up 10,000 to 1.82m
Unemployment increased by 10,000 in the three months to August
Attacking trade unions costs the country billions
New research shows that restoring union density to the levels seen in the early 1980s would add up to £27.2bn to current UK GDP
Nick Clegg slams Osborne’s ‘living wage’
Former Lib Dem leader says the change is designed to trick workers