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Low pay: the defining challenge of our age?
New figures from the ONS show that a quarter of workers earned less than £12,800 a year in 2012. James Plunkett of the Resolution Foundation has written an interesting piece for the Huffington Post, in which he argues that low pay is “fast becoming one of the defining economic challenges of our age”.
Private rents in London outstrip inflation
Private rents in London are outstripping inflation, new figures reveal.
The rise of the bills: the great energy rip-off at a glance
The great energy rip-off at a glance.
Majority say Pope right to resign
Over half (68%) of British people believe the Pope was right to resign, and 71% said Pope Benedict had not been influential, according to a new poll by YouGov.
Payday lenders aggressively targeting university students
Payday lenders have started aggressively targeting university students who are struggling with student loans. It’s time the government recognised this and took radical action to clamp down on unscrupulous lenders.
Last chance to stop NHS privatisation
Despite constant assurances from ministers as it passed through parliament that NHS reforms would not pose a serious risk to the future of our healthcare system by ushering in full scale privatisation, it has become clear that this is exactly what the government intends to do. However if enough Members take a stand against the government’s reckless corporate agenda, we still have a chance of sustaining a genuinely public National Health Service.
Trident: Where the money might better be used
It seems increasingly likely that the Labour Party plans to fight the 2015 election on a platform of retaining Britain’s nuclear deterrent. Instead it ought to consider the innumerable better things the money might be spent on.
Increase in A&E waiting times in Scotland
New figures reveal that almost 10% of Scottish patients have been made to wait longer than the four hour target to be seen in Accident and Emergency Departments.
Experts line up to distance themselves from Fallon’s deregulatory push
Business minister Michael Fallon MP this week blamed both the financial crisis and the deaths in Mid Staffordshire hospital on the “regulatory culture” of the Labour years. However deregulation risks babies and bathwater territory. What we need is better and more effective regulatory systems so that failures cannot be ignored again and stakeholders are protected.