Energy minister disputes Jeremy Hunt’s £100K is ‘not a huge salary’ comments
“I think £100,000 is a very good salary.”
“I think £100,000 is a very good salary.”
At the current rate of progress, it will take 43 years to close the gender pay gap in Britain.
Tories devastating record set to continue unless Budget delivers ‘desperately needed measures’ to recover living standards
More needs to be done to tackle low pay in jobs, warns the Living Wage Foundation.
‘Cost of living support may be receding but the tide of people not being able to afford life’s essentials is not. It is time we moved from stop-gaps to sustainable solutions.’
‘Is it too much of a stretch to recognise that poverty is the CAUSE of poor growth.’
‘We are calling on the government to urgently confirm in the Autumn Statement that benefits will rise in line with inflation next April, and to reduce the burden of debt deductions which drive unacceptable levels of hardship.”
‘He hasn’t got a clue.’
‘We don’t want to spend every winter saying things at food banks are getting worse, but they are.’
“An expected increase on the 220,000 children who accessed food banks last year is nothing short of an emergency”