Poll exclusive: Working people want pressure on pay avoidance
Unions 21 director Dan Whittle reports on new polling on pay and profits.
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Just building more homes is unlikely to fix London’s problems
What can be done and what is being done to London’s housing crisis? A new report by the Green Party’s Darren Johnson AM aims to move the argument forward.
The 12 practical problems of localising public sector pay
Neil Foster presents 12 problems with the government’s unfair, unworkable, and regressive plan to localise public sector pay.
Cameron and Osborne want the unemployed to work for £1.78 an hour
Alex Hern reports on David Cameron and George Osborne’s savage undermining of the minimum wage.
Lifting the lid on Low Pay Britain
The real challenge facing policy makers is not just improving the pay of those at the bottom rung of the ladder, but also helping people to climb up.
The Right’s prescription of more of the same ignores the evidence
Just as it is becoming clearer that Osbornomics doesn’t work, Tory think tanks are pushing for even more of the same, writes the TUC’s Nicola Smith.
Cameron’s reforms take us to the edge of the cliff
It’s been called ‘slippery slope’ politics, and it’s a threat to all the Left hold dear; Natan Doron gives a timely warning over the latest Tory tactics.
One and half cheers for Lib Dem opposition to Osborne’s benefit cap
Declan Gaffney finds it possible to “agree with Nick”… well, almost – there may be some agreement over Lib Dem opposition to George Osborne’s regressive benefit cap.
Labour must speak out against discriminatory pay for foreign seafarers
Ruwan Subasinghe, a lawyer at the International Transport Workers’ Federation, on the need for Labour to speak out to end discriminatory pay for seafarers.
What are the prospects for another minimum wage increase next year?
The TUC will meet the Low Pay Commission (LPC) on Monday to discuss next year’s National Minimum Wage (NMW) rise. We will be asking for an increase of 3.5 per cent on all the rates, which would increase the adult NMW next year by 21p to £6.14. The NMW needs to increase every year in order to ensure that the earnings of low paid workers do not fall behind.