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We welcome the government’s new measures to support workers, particularly the introduction of grants for wage support. But despite the scale of these spending commitments, there is a real danger that millions of workers will not feel their benefit.
Of the nineteen UK governments since the Second World War, only two have torn up the rule book and tried to build a better future, instead of simply recycling the
Scratch below the surface and recent unemployment statistics appear to be less favourable than you might have heard.
In the face of technological change, we need ends that are more compelling than merely wanting more and more products and services.
The case for moving to a wage-led growth model as part of PEF’s 100 Policies to End Austerity series.
Avoiding real wage falls for a grand total of nine months – outside of recession time, no less – is not cause for celebration.
The Financial Times reported positively on August’s employment statistics – but a deeper look into the data reveals some strange trends.
Despite record rates of unemployment, wage growth has slowed and underemployment remains high – workers are ultimately bearing the cost of labour market power imbalances and underinvestment.
Our current economic policy framework leaves a vacuum of responsibility for delivering an economy in which people can flourish.
Creating a progressive British economy, an economic system fit for human life, requires at the least four fundamental reforms, whose purpose would be to restrict severely the economic and political power of the infamous 1%.
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