New report on UK poverty finds housing market is moving the goalposts
Changes in the labour and housing markets mean there has been a rise in the number of working people who live in poverty.
Changes in the labour and housing markets mean there has been a rise in the number of working people who live in poverty.
Shocking new figures from the Office for National Statistics show that British employers are using about 1.4 million ‘zero-hours’ contract.
Ed Miliband won’t be able to ban zero hours contracts, but he is tackling the worst way they are abused, writes James Bloodworth.
A government consultation on zero-hours contracts has been flooded with 36,000 responses from people wanting to talk about problems and abuses.
An anonymous hotline to report employers for shady practices is just one way American activists are looking to tackle their own low pay crisis. Here are four ideas for solving our own.
Employer market power should be considered in the government’s consultation on zero-hours contracts, according to independent assessors working for the government.