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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.
Five reasons why the French National Front are still a threat
Despite their early rise in regional polls, the French National Front (FN) have been roundly routed in the elections, causing huge embarrassment for leader Marine le Pen as she sought to ramp up panic towards the French Muslim population. Aftertest
Could Conservatives overtake Labour in Scotland?
“The Conservatives can replace Labour as the main opposition party at Holyrood.” That was the assessment of the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Conservative’s only MP north of the border, David Mundell, over the weekend. He was speakingtest
COP21: The British government and institutions will have to take note
The global forces of science, of campaigning, of green business possibilities forced a move on the global stage that will have far-reaching ramifications.
Lord Ken of Cricklewood? Say it ain’t so
Ken for a peerage and/or shadow cabinet role? He’s not always been the best judge of public mood.
COP21: We are the people we’ve been waiting for
Vested interests mean we cannot leave it to politicians to take urgent action on climate change
Staff shortages are preventing the Care Quality Commission from doing its work
A report by the Public Accounts Committees finds serious weaknesses in the regulator
Denial of workers’ rights continues as world marks Human Rights Day
Thousands of trade unionists around the world have lost their lives standing up for workers’ rights and social justice
How should religion fit into British public life?
Commission finds that much greater understanding of religion and belief is needed in every section of society
COP21: Governments are still missing the bigger picture
A new film shows how the planet is losing species at a rate 1,000 times faster than we would expect from natural processes