This is my foreword to Resolution Foundation’s report: Calculating a Living Wage for…
Today’s announcement of this year’s increase in the living wage — to £9.75 an hour in London (previously £9.40) and £8.45 in the rest of the UK (£8.25) — will help the growing numbers benefiting from the…
The use and abuse of working-class political anger has been one of the defining characteristics of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Less publicised, but just as important, is an…
On 1 April, 1.8 million of Britain’s low-wage workers are getting a pay rise as the legal wage floor jumps from £6.70 to £7.20 for those aged 25 and over. That’s welcome news for…
What is the outlook for poverty and opportunity in London? Depending on the media you consume you might have the impression that London, undisturbed by the financial crisis, is a…
Poor productivity is only one part of the post-millennial wage disappointment story
The productivity crisis of the last few years is far from over but economic recovery is now well-established and there are at least a few flickers of…
George Osborne’s audacious unveiling of what he termed the “national living wage” dominated the budget coverage and succeeded in delighting, outraging and confusing in almost equal…
Recent high-profile converts are bringing headlines and new vim to the debate on working poverty. Good. But with this comes a cacophony of confusion about the National Minimum Wage (NMW), Living Wage, the role of tax credits and the…
Today marks the first real terms rise in the minimum wage in six years. It speaks volumes about the convulsions in our labour market that something that was once taken completely for granted is now viewed as a significant and welcome departure. And the rise occurs at a…
