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
George Osborne
Nick Clegg slams Osborne’s ‘living wage’
Former Lib Dem leader says the change is designed to trick workers
IFS: Government tax and benefit changes to reduce household incomes ‘significantly’
The government’s changes to tax and benefits will hurt poorer households significantly harder, according to the respected think tank
George Osborne taking from the poor to give to the wealthy, according to new research
The average annual amount lost by low paid working households is equivalent to a year’s worth of school dinners
Osborne’s Living Wage will narrow the pay gap, but won’t help the very poorest families
New research shows that the biggest beneficiaries of the new wage will be households in the middle of the bottom wage distribution
The Tories don’t want to make work pay. They want to make working families pay
David Cameron doesn’t have the first idea how to lead a workers’ party
We need a progressive, alternative spending review – not more salami-slicing
A business-as-usual approach risks hurting those most in need of public services
Comment: Austerity rests on a thesis the government doesn’t believe in
The disproportionate investment bias towards London suggests the government is unconcerned about ‘crowding out’
‘Living Wage supporter’ Boris Johnson still isn’t paying his trainees
Despite trainees being guaranteed an interview, not one of last year’s cohort made it on to the GLA’s own apprenticeship programme
Ethnic minority Britons will be disproportionately affected by Conservative cuts
Minority Britons can expect to see a widening racial gap in the British economy