TUC warns of low-paid jobs recovery for women
Last year’s jobs recovery meant an entry into low-paid, part-time work for many women
Green Politics
Austerity can never work – here’s why
Continuing down the path of austerity while ignoring straightforward – if politically difficult – solutions, will lead the UK closer to economic disaster
IFS finds that the most deprived areas have seen the deepest cuts
Planned spending cuts for 2015-16 are likely to return to the same areas to squeeze them further
Household income more than 2 per cent below 2009-10 levels, according to IFS
The recovery in living standards has been much slower than after the three previous recessions
The coalition facilitated the rise of mass poverty
George Osborne may be a bad chancellor but he’s a good right-wing ideologue
Good news: the pay gap has narrowed. Bad news: Londoners’ wages are getting worse
Annual pay rose 2.5 per cent for the average Londoner, compared to 5.9 per cent for the rest of the UK
What are the dangers of cashing in your pension?
It’s no great leap to see this policy coming back to bite us
Executive pay is damaging the reputation of business
Addressing dysfunctional levels of corporate pay is necessary to create the kind of stable society that business needs in order to flourish
Poverty is a structural economic problem that any future government must address
Politicians need to accept the fact that like the state pension, benefits and tax credits are a central part of the economy
Ed Miliband’s tuition fee pledge: another reason for young people to vote Labour
Ed Miliband’s tuition fees policy is equitable, good for Britain and good for the taxpayer