Would public sector pay rises cause inflation?
Steve Barclay claimed higher pay for public sector workers “would not be consistent with bringing the inflation target down.” He’s…
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Inflation down, pay up? Don’t believe the hype
Today’s inflation figures show price increases were slightly outpaced by wage growth. But Britain is still in its long recovery…
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The Bank of England has lots more pain to inflict
Inflation is rising less fast than expected – but that may not be much help.
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Tax wealth and reward work
We must end the absurdity of nurses and teachers paying more of their income in tax than hedge fund traders.
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Is another American revolution inevitable?
An interview with Peter Turchin.
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We’re getting poorer at a slightly slower rate than last month
Inflation has fallen to 8.7 per cent, but prices – especially food – are still rising dangerously.
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What Suella Braverman gets wrong about immigration and wages
Brexit’s prioritisation of skilled migration has increased wages at the top – if only it did the same for the…
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Why didn’t Huw Pill point the finger at “greedflation”?
The furore over the chief economist’s comments suggests the Bank of England should be more open about the causes of…
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What the soaring price of milk tells us about Britain’s greedflation problem
Milk price inflation has risen to 38.4 per cent, driven largely by retailers’ markups.
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Why you should always tip
America’s system merely lays bare the ugly capitalism existing everywhere.
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Public sector pay rises would not drive inflation, say leading economists
Christopher Pissarides, the Nobel prize-winning economist, says the government is misrepresenting the effects of pay rises.
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The case for a four-day working week has never been stronger
Reduced hours on full pay would relieve a labour market overheated by high rates of quitting, early retirement and ill…
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Why the economy is threatened by early retirees
Droves of over-50s leaving the workforce may have led to entrenched inflation and a lower tax take – ramping up…
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Why it’s time to scrap the apprenticeship minimum wage
Paying £4.81 per hour is exploitative and wrongly assumes all apprentices have families who can support them.
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Rishi Sunak’s inflation promise is absurd – and the electorate will not forgive him
It is a political error to target an aspect of the economy the government cannot control.
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Strikes show how the dream of a high-wage economy died
The Conservatives have given up trying to reset what Boris Johnson described as a “broken model”.
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Britain’s big squeeze
A new era of higher interest rates and lower wages threatens another lost decade for living standards.
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It is just as my resources run dry that direct debits make a direct line for me
I’m still being billed for a dating site I last used 15 years ago – perhaps I’m not allowed to…
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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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