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Against inequality-pessimism — why we can narrow income gaps

Against inequality-pessimism — why we can narrow income gaps

Britain’s stagnation era has not only generated diminished expectations about our future growth potential, it has also led to what could…
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The real Living Wage increases explained

The real Living Wage increases explained

The below is my foreword to the Resolution Foundation report setting out the 2023/24 Living Wage rates.
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‘Riders on the Storm’: what would a Labour government face?

‘Riders on the Storm’: what would a Labour government face?

This piece is co-authored with Nick Pearce, Prof Public Policy & Director at IPR.
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The path back to shared growth runs through British flexicurity

The path back to shared growth runs through British flexicurity

Britain has been so buffeted around by economic crisis over recent years that it feels almost indulgent to cast beyond the ongoing…
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System collision: the interaction of Universal Credit and Child Benefit withdrawal is creating a…

System collision: the interaction of Universal Credit and Child Benefit withdrawal is creating a…

If there is anyone out there still harbouring the quaint idea that it’s the super-rich who face the highest marginal tax rates in the land…
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The real Living Wage increases explained

The real Living Wage increases explained

The below is my foreword to the Resolution Foundation report setting out the 2022/23 Living Wage rates.
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Talking ‘tax cuts’ amid Britain’s social stagnation

Talking ‘tax cuts’ amid Britain’s social stagnation

The social recession of the 2010s risks becoming a slump in the 2020s
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Real Living Wage rates for 2021–2022: what’s behind this year’s increase?

Real Living Wage rates for 2021–2022: what’s behind this year’s increase?

(The below is my foreword to the Resolution Foundation report setting out this year’s Living Wage calculation)
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We all pay the price for narrow thinking on social protection

We all pay the price for narrow thinking on social protection

Whatever else ‘building back better’ was supposed to mean it is now clear it involves returning to exactly the system of social protection…
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Preparing for a decade of economic change: lessons from the era of White Heat

Preparing for a decade of economic change: lessons from the era of White Heat

Boris Johnson’s administration may well oversee the start of a period of major upheaval for the UK economy — quite possibly the largest…
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Prospects for a fair work recovery?

Prospects for a fair work recovery?

These are my slides for a recent talk called ‘A Fair work recovery?’ given to an event organised by the Fair Work Convention.
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The welfare state after Covid: learning from our Bismarckian moment

The welfare state after Covid: learning from our Bismarckian moment

A version of this article was first published by the Financial Times.
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200,000 reasons to celebrate the Living Wage

200,000 reasons to celebrate the Living Wage

As the new real Living Wage rates gets announced — £9.50 in London and £10.85 in London — it is a good moment to reflect on the impact of…
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The Child Trust Fund comes of age

The Child Trust Fund comes of age

It presents a unique opportunity to learn about the difference that asset ownership can make
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The UK should not weaken safety nets mid-storm

The UK should not weaken safety nets mid-storm

As more workers are laid-off this autumn, the grim reality of meagre support will become clear
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Talking about a revolution?

Talking about a revolution?

Making sense of the debate on the pandemic and its long-term impact on politics and policy
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Churchill, the crisis and a better deal for Britain’s low paid

Churchill, the crisis and a better deal for Britain’s low paid

If we are to have a Churchillian response to the crisis, let’s have the right one
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Would a richer decade have been a happier one?

The link between national prosperity and personal wellbeing is not straightforward
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The new real Living Wage rates for 2019–20 explained

The new real Living Wage rates for 2019–20 explained

The new real Living Wage rates have been announced. The rates are overseen by the Living Wage Commission (which I Chair) and this foreword…
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The flaws of the UK labour market won’t solve themselves

The flaws of the UK labour market won’t solve themselves

Time to learn from other Anglo-Saxon economies
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UK jobs model — sinner or saint?

UK jobs model — sinner or saint?

I used these slides in a recent lecture I gave on the state of work in Britain to the Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath.
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Football tournaments penalise GCSE students. Can’t we avoid this fixture clash?

Football tournaments penalise GCSE students. Can’t we avoid this fixture clash?

This piece was first published in the Guardian.
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UK’s Brexit vote driven by complex new social divides

UK’s Brexit vote driven by complex new social divides

This article is co-authored with Nick Pearce, Prof Public Policy & Director at IPR. It originally appeared in The Irish Times.
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Brexit and the Future of the British Model of Democratic Capitalism

Brexit and the Future of the British Model of Democratic Capitalism

This article is co-authored with Nick Pearce, Prof Public Policy & Director at IPR. The article is an extract from Political Quarterly’s…
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The politics of UK tax rises are as complex as the system

The politics of UK tax rises are as complex as the system

The case for tax rises to fund creaking public services in the UK will only grow as an issue in the year ahead.
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