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Why Labour must be braver on the living wage
With the Tories copying Labour’s ideas it’s time for the party to be bolder on workers’ pay, says RUDI ABDALLAH
Today’s interconnected conflicts are enriching the arms industry while pushing the entire world towards permanent militarisation, argues ROGER McKENZIE
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The government’s Pip review looks like a carefully managed exercise in legitimising future cuts to disability support, argues Dr DYLAN MURPHY
The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
IMITATION is the sincerest form of flattery. Pavement ripped off The Fall, Elastica pinched from Wire and the Conservatives are copying Labour’s plans to raise workers’ wages.
Party conference saw Ayn Rand devotee Sajid Javid pledge something his heroine would, er, definitely approve of: state intervention to raise the “living wage” to £10.50 per hour in 2024 and eventually pay it to workers aged 21 and over.
This followed Labour’s announcement to raise the minimum wage for workers aged 18 and over to £10 per hour, the amount the living wage is expected to reach next year.
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