The Conservative Party conference offered no policies to fix the country
The ruling Conservative Party might have reflected on its failures and offered fresher policies to rejuvenate the economy and heal social divisions
Inequality
89% of school staff say child poverty in their school has increased in the last two academic years, survey finds
80% of school staff say providing universal free school meals to all school children would reduce child poverty in their school, according to a survey carried out by the Education Anti-Poverty Coalition.
Outrage as fat cat pay soars by 16% and FTSE bosses bag £500k pay rise
‘CEOs are being highly rewarded for overseeing greedflation’
FTSE 100 bosses given average pay rise of £500,000, while ordinary workers are told to show restraint
‘Median CEO pay is now 118 times that of the median UK full-time worker, compared to 108 times in 2021 and 79 times in 2020.’
A level results reveal widening gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students
‘Initial data show some worrying trends for educational inequality, with potential long-term implications for social mobility.’
Why Keir Starmer is absolutely right to prioritise ‘smashing the class ceiling’
Class remains a pertinent force in British politics, determining the life chances of millions and it casts a far longer shadow than many of us like to believe or admit.
15-year wage stagnation has left average earnings £230 a week lower than their pre-financial crisis trend
The good news of today doesn’t make up for 15 years of unprecedented wage stagnation.
‘Modest’ wealth tax on richest 0.3% could raise more than £10bn for public services, says TUC
The trade union body has set out options for taxing the small number of individuals with wealth over £3 million, £5 million and £10 million
Number of ethnic minority workers in insecure jobs rises by 132% since 2011
BME workers account for two thirds of the growth of insecure workers in this period – despite BME workers making up just 14% of the overall workforce.
Chart sums up perfectly just how bad Britain’s economy is under the Tories
It comes as a leading economic think tank warned that the UK is on course to experience five years of “lost” economic growth and is at risk of a recession next year.