Tag Archives: Living Wage

A mandatory living wage – the debate we need to have

If we don’t raise wages, control rents or reverse welfare cuts, we are going to completely price low paid workers out of London.

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Poll exclusive: Working people want pressure on pay avoidance

Unions 21 director Dan Whittle reports on new polling on pay and profits.

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Comment: The Living Wage is another small step towards a Responsible Capitalism

Richard Bassford looks at what the the Living Wage means and how it can push us towards the “responsible capitalism” our party leaders love to talk about.

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Why not pay the living wage? The cost to employers could be minimal

Critics of the living wage must stop exaggerating, as research shows the cost to employers could be minimal.

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Hotel group leads the way in granting London living wage to hospitality staff

Living wage campaigners are celebrating today after Intercontinental Hotels Group announced the wages of 850 members of staff will now start at £8.30 an hour.

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Will consumers support Living Wage products and services?

Will consumers make it worth employers’ investment in the Living Wage, by shifting their custom to those who pay decent wages?

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Stay poor with Holiday Inn at the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Darren Johnson AM reveals the failure of the mayor to live up to his promise to ensure that Holiday Inn pay the London Living Wage as an Olympic sponsor.

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How can we fight child poverty without hitting people’s pockets?

Matthew Butcher argues, with Duncan Exley, that the Living Wage is the only way to reconcile the seemingly conflicting desires to end child poverty but also to decrease taxation.

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New video from the Fair Pay Network makes the case for a living wage

The Fair Pay Network has launched a new video as part of its campaign to push for a living wage in the UK.

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Citizens UK: “The Big Society is flawed if people have to work two jobs”

Peter Carrol interviews Neil Jameson, the founding director of Citizens UK, about the Living Wage campaign.

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