Last July saw one of the most extraordinary acts of political cross-dressing in British history. In the first Budget of the first all-Conservative government since the UK’s first National Minimum Wage was introduced against vigorous Tory opposition, the Chancellor announced...
Search results
The general election campaign has focused heavily on the state of the British economy, with debate centred on the scale and pace of deficit reduction as well as the fair distribution of the subsequent burden. This is as it should...
New technology is disrupting established industries at a breakneck pace. Just think of the effect of internet banking on employment in the financial sector; the likely effect of driverless cars on the automotive sector; of social media on taxi services;...
It’s that time of year again - women have now essentially 'stopped earning' due to the 15.7 per cent gender pay gap. While the gap narrowed by around a third between the late 90s and 2010 in the UK, it...
It’s that time of year again - women have now essentially 'stopped earning' due to the 15.7 per cent gender pay gap. While the gap narrowed by around a third between the late 90s and 2010 in the UK, it...
In a Guardian article published last week, Martin Bright, former political editor of the New Statesman and founder of youth employment charity The Creative Society, argues that our main political parties are ‘bullying’ young people into work. With recent announcements...