New Labour’s introduction of the minimum wage in 1999 was controversial at the time, but the policy quickly became near-universally accepted. But how successful has it been in reducing poverty in the...
The Conservative Party “will always protect public services”, the chancellor insisted as he announced his ambition to cut civil service numbers back to their pre-pandemic level.
Social care workers in Scotland are set to receive an immediate 3.3% pay increase, backdated to 1 April – following negotiations around increasing their pay to the real living wage.
A round-up of facts and figures from the November 2015 edition of Public Finance, looking at the living wage, apprenticeships versus degrees, the productivity puzzle and Brexit opinions
Nearly a quarter of all employees are expected to benefit from the introduction of the new ‘National Living Wage’ rate from next April, according to a Resolution Foundation analysis.
The law of unintended consequences could undermine efforts to improve incomes via a living wage, or by capping energy prices. Policy makers should take note
