by Sam | 30 Dec 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s official. We’re going to be reading and hearing about the ‘cost of living’ well into 2014. Granted, it’s not an exactly earth shattering revelation, but the importance of everyday living costs and pay to the political narrative has been underlined this week by Ed...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Nov 2013 | Employment, Welfare
The number of unemployed people in the UK fell by 48,000 to 2.47 million between July and September. The unemployment rate fell to 7.6%, the lowest rate in more than three years. Reuters.
by Chris Rogers | 5 Nov 2013 | Employment
Government Adviser John Perkins has called for the Government to do more to nurture the engineers of tomorrow amid fears a million jobless youngsters will be written off as a “lost generation”. It’s been reported that British firms are increasingly having to hire from...
by Chris Rogers | 5 Nov 2013 | Employment
CBI President Sir Mike Rake argued that recent rhetoric suggesting that business is the enemy couldn’t be further from the truth, warning that only the private sector can deliver jobs, growth and rising living standards. At the same conference the Shadow...
by Sam | 21 Oct 2013 | Public Sector
According to The Guardian this morning, David Cameron is under pressure from Conservative heavyweights to agree to a substantial increase in MPs’ salaries. The increase, which would raise MPs’ salaries from £66,396 a year to £74,000, has been recommended by the...
