Public sector workers ‘going without a daily meal’ because of Tory pay cap
The survey of 11,000 workers found that 17 per cent couldn’t afford to keep their homes warm, whilst 9 per were going without a regular daily meal.
The survey of 11,000 workers found that 17 per cent couldn’t afford to keep their homes warm, whilst 9 per were going without a regular daily meal.
It is no longer generating rising earnings for a majority of the population, and young people today are set to be poorer than their parents.
The earnings gap between men from richer and poorer backgrounds is also widening, according to new research by the IFS.
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Half of those in poverty live in working households – including 2.6 million children
Some ‘welfare-to-work’ providers twice as tough for the same referrals
Half of those affected are single parents of under-fives
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