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The Chancellor must use the spring statement to help workers facing falling wages and soaring bills
The Chancellor needs to learn the lessons of the pandemic, and act now to support workers from threats beyond their control. That’s the best way to protect working families and the economy.
Geoff Tily - 19 Mar 2022
Economy, jobs and pay
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Lets get real about pay
Labour market figures have revealed this week that real wages are plummeting. While it is tempting to look ahead at early estimates of nominal pay growth, these experimental statistics should be treated with caution.
Afzal Rahman - 25 Feb 2022
Economy, jobs and pay
English currency (£5 note with £1 coin)
Bank of England are raising interest rates because of imagined wages growth
The Bank of England offered an increasingly bleak view of the economy.
Geoff Tily - 04 Feb 2022
Economy, jobs and pay
Pound
Headline GDP figures flatter fading recovery
Workers bracing themselves for the predicted wage squeeze, now have to confront the likelihood that the economy was even weaker than expected just a fortnight ago.
Geoff Tily - 11 Nov 2021
Economy, jobs and pay
Person putting credit cards into a wallet
A minimum wage rise isn’t enough to secure decent pay across the economy
If we want a high pay economy, there’s much more this Spending Review needs to do.
Geoff Tily - 26 Oct 2021
Economy, jobs and pay
Worker
“Heightened policy activism” is needed to address a global unemployment crisis
New forecasts showed unemployment rising by 13 million across advanced economies. The OECD calls for “heightened policy activism” to address this challenge: this must mean a renewed emphasis on spending to get us out of recession and deliver decent work.
Geoff Tily - 02 Dec 2020
Economic policy
Builder
A spending review to level down Britain
For all ministers’ talk of levelling up, this spending review will level down Britain, hit key workers’ pay and break the government's promises to the lowest paid.
Geoff Tily - 25 Nov 2020
Economic policy
Workers
Union leaders call for  RPI to be renewed, not scrapped 
The general secretaries of Britain’s largest  unions have issued a joint statement calling on the  government not to scrap the RPI measure of  inflation. 
Geoff Tily - 18 Nov 2020
Economic policy
Pen and money
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