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Workers are not to blame for cost-of-living crisis
Still enduring the longest pay crisis for two centuries, workers now face the steepest inflation for 40 years. But rather than acting to reduce the impacts of these pressures on people’s living standards, the government has been quick to suggest pay needs to be further restrained, and even to blame working people for interest rate rises.
Geoff Tily - 03 Aug 2023
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Jobs and recovery monitor - wage squeeze continues
The ‘cost-of-living crisis’ currently hitting workers is not just about rising prices. High inflation combined with slow growth in pay is resulting in a real terms pay cut for working people.
Geoff Tily - 07 Feb 2022
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The OBR’s evidence is clear: the Autumn Statement has done nothing to end the living standards and growth crises
As a result of the autumn statement, our real pay crisis is intensified and now expected to last 20 years. Politically charged National Insurance cut makes the smallest dent in the worse squeeze on household incomes since the 1950s, and while the Chancellor has enjoyed higher revenues, he has chosen to play austerity politics rather than back public services on the brink.
Geoff Tily - 23 Nov 2023
The labour market is in the danger zone
The high pay growth heralded by the chancellor comes with some hefty caveats. The reality is that the latest data should concern us. There are clear warning signs of a labour market in trouble.
Alex Collinson - 12 Sep 2023
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