Nurses, care home staff and police officers have had real pay cuts since 2010 as wages lag behind pricesNurses, care home staff and police officers working on Christmas Day will be thousands of pounds worse off than they were a decade ago as a result o…
Does the UK have a wage problem?
Business leaders have hit back at Boris Johnson over claims they allowed Britain to become a low-wage and low-skilled economyBritain’s businesses stand accused of allowing the UK to become a low-wage, low-skilled and low-productivity economy bedevilled…
Steve Bell on Thérèse Coffey and the universal credit cut – cartoon
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Costa Coffee gives staff 5% pay rise as it looks to recruit 2,000 workers
Increase for 14,500 shop workers comes into effect from 1 OctoberCosta Coffee is increasing pay for its 14,500 shop workers by 5%, as it looks for 2,000 more staff before Christmas.The company, which was bought out by Coca-Cola in 2018, said that from …
Covid inequalities are chance for unions – TUC’s Frances O’Grady
Interview: leader of unions’ group says membership is rising after the pandemic exposed how unfair the jobs market is for manyA growing backlash against a two-tier Covid-19 labour market offers the possibility for unions to rebuild their strength, acc…
The Guardian view on high pay: the fat cats are still there | Editorial
Vast disparities in income may have lost some of their power to shock. But they remain a gross injusticePublic anger about the vast salaries extracted from business by the highest-paid people surfaces less often than one might expect, given highly cons…
Top chief execs ‘paid more in a year than a UK worker gets in a lifetime’
Despite a fall in remuneration during the Covid pandemic, blue chip company bosses averaged £2.7m in 2020The annual pay of FTSE 100 chief executives fell during the pandemic but still equates to what a key worker would earn in a lifetime, according to …