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  1. beorhthelm

    Milliband promises to increase minimum wage if elected

    of course one of the biggest problems we have is housing, and a large proportion of that problem is people borrowing money to buy up cheap housing for rental, so pushing up the prices of housing. they'll probably blame it on immigrant though. not that they really care, as they're alright and...
  2. beorhthelm

    Milliband promises to increase minimum wage if elected

    didn't he already propose this policy as Energy secretary? the one where we all have £100 added on our energy bills to pay for it. thing i see about Miliband is he has alot of laudable goals, but not much in the way of policy of how to deliver them.
  3. beorhthelm

    Milliband promises to increase minimum wage if elected

    those that committed the country to that course of spending in the first place. only half the debt is in reaction to post 2008 crisis, the structural debt as a result of projected spending plans was already clearly upward
  4. beorhthelm

    Milliband promises to increase minimum wage if elected

    many large organisations cant manage resources in the short term with sickness, holiday, parental leave to cover. this isnt about business, ~30% of healthcare and eduction are on zero hours. example, the NHS pools nurses who are available for short notice cover. organisations or businesses...
  5. beorhthelm

    Milliband promises to increase minimum wage if elected

    they are necessary if you want flexible staffing, because employment law says otherwise you have to give people contracts with prescribed hours, i.e. when they start and finish. as an employer you might not need people in then, and might need people in at other times when there not enough...
  6. beorhthelm

    Milliband promises to increase minimum wage if elected

    what about where they are useful, where they benefit the worker as much as the employer? some regulation might well be in order, but to make them illegal would result in many jobs losses and people unable to find part-time work to suit their schedules.
  7. beorhthelm

    Milliband promises to increase minimum wage if elected

    cut staff, remove tax credits, streamline departments of state... this is music to the ears of the liberal economists and capitalists. seems the concept of the minimum wage is being soundly beaten up here, by those who want it increased. whats being ignored here is matter of the productivity...
  8. beorhthelm

    Milliband promises to increase minimum wage if elected

    at the current rate of 3% increase, and assuming at least that, its due to be £7.99 in 2020. so he's promising to deliver what is already expected. a very pointless statement indeed.
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