LEAP economics

The Independent Workers Union (IWGB) confirmed today that porters and cleaners working for MITIE at the Royal Opera House have secured a l...

During the Labour leadership election, many people were impressed by Ed Balls' apparent conversion to a social democratic economic settl...

Are the austerians right and the opponents of austerity proved wrong? Is Osborne's strategy vindicated? Let's judge by his own stand...

Labour has recently made some headway with its message that there is a cost of living crisis - which has continued despite Osborne's rec...

The two strongest periods of growth for three years, 0.7% followed by 0.8% and the Tories and Lib Dems hangers-on are jubilant. Chief among ...

Since Ed Miliband became leader, the strategy of the left has been to make issues safe for him by building support within and outside the pa...

by Luke James Austerity-Addicted Chancellor George Osborne has left nine million more people in financial difficulty compared with seven yea...

In the 2013 Spending Round in June George Osborne said he was taking decisions to "secure the recovery". Yesterday talk of recover...

Will Stone Workers struggling with wage freezes and below-inflation rises were hit by higher prices for basics last month - and worse is se...

As previously reported on this blog, the UK minimum wage is being cut in real terms this October , and would be 7% higher today if it had in...

The Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) published its quarterly results yesterday. Announced at the 2012 Budget and established in August, the ...

The PCS union today launched a new report ' Britain needs a pay rise ' looking at the effect of falling wages on the UK economy. The...

It's been a demoralising spectacle watching senior Labour politicians attempt to announce their 'fiscal credibility'. Far from b...

Where has all the wealth of this country actually gone? by Prem Sikka Friday, June 3rd, 2011 Britain’s economic landscape is blighted by eco...

For the fourth year in succession the national minimum wage will rise below the rate inflation, when it is uprated in October 2011. LEAP has...

From today's Morning Star by John Millington Workers in Britain are more than £1,000 worse off than two years ago because of pay freeze...

The report of Will Hutton's Fair Pay Review was published today ( download from HM Treasury website ). To call it a 'damp squib'...

From today's Morning Star , by John Millington Unemployment fell slightly in the last quarter - but only because a growing army of temps...

From today's Morning Star , by John Millington Most workers have taken a pay cut over the past year, with the average deals lagging well...

Public sector workers caused the economic crisis - it was their bloated pay, gold-plated pensions and comfortable conditions which started i...