UK real wages have fallen at a record rate
Earnings remain below their 2008 level after falling 3 per cent over the past eight months.
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The top 1 per cent are the only group whose pay has grown faster than inflation
Pay growth at the top has reached 11 per cent while the bottom tenth of earners have seen their wages…
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UK wages have fallen behind European rivals
By 2018, UK incomes were just 9 per cent higher than in 2005, compared with 40 per cent in Germany…
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Why household debt is surging and what that means for the economy
With wages failing to keep up with soaring prices, households are turning to short-term borrowing, which increases the risk of…
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Boris Johnson’s promise of “a high-wage economy” has become a cruel joke
Far from encouraging workers to seek higher pay, the government is now telling them to accept lower pay.
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Why inflation could break Britain
Inflation has reached 5.4 per cent, the highest level since 1992; high prices and falling wages will intensify the UK's…
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How UK wages are stagnating
Boris Johnson has promised a “high-wage economy”, but pay growth was flat in the year to October.
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Most MPs’ wages have grown faster than their constituents
At least 382 MPs have seen their wages grow faster than those of the people they represent.
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