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Jeremy Hunt
I'm sure that will chear the steel workers up when they sign on to their zero hour contracts with Amazon.What a bunch of meanies .. on the day the living wage is introduced giving a significant pay rise (£6.70 to £7.20) to many of the lowest paid in this country and "this will make the UK's low pay threshold "one of the highest" minimum wages of all the developed economies, says the Financial Times.
#allinthistogether
Wow! 50p an hour. Thanks Gideon!What a bunch of meanies .. on the day the living wage is introduced giving a significant pay rise (£6.70 to £7.20) to many of the lowest paid in this country and "this will make the UK's low pay threshold "one of the highest" minimum wages of all the developed economies, says the Financial Times.
#allinthistogether
What a bunch of meanies .. on the day the living wage is introduced giving a significant pay rise (£6.70 to £7.20) to many of the lowest paid in this country and "this will make the UK's low pay threshold "one of the highest" minimum wages of all the developed economies, says the Financial Times.
#allinthistogether
i'm not sure if british politics is now more full of contemptible characters or if , at approaching my 50th year i am now more aware of it.....poilitics , banks , religion........makes me quite sick tbh.
Wow! 50p an hour. Thanks Gideon!
Living wage my arse. Who can survive on £7.20 an hour? It's bullshit of the worst order dished out by millionaire pricks.
And yet people like you lap it up and regurgitate it. Shame on you mate. The country is screwed because of fools voting for evil wankers.
Looks like B&Q and Tesco are using this wonderful living wage to cut the bonuses and benefits of loyal staff. Thanks Gideon.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/item/b8563992-b874-4e07-b09a-fe90790697fc
What a bunch of meanies .. on the day the living wage is introduced giving a significant pay rise (£6.70 to £7.20) to many of the lowest paid in this country and "this will make the UK's low pay threshold "one of the highest" minimum wages of all the developed economies, says the Financial Times.
#allinthistogether
All fine and good but:
(a) it's mostly paid by private firms so helps the govt slash spending
(b) Many people will be worse off, even with the pay rise, because they're losing more on tax credits and other in-work benefits under this government
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The government is however inefficiently or cack handedly trying to reduce state subsidy so private companies are responsible for paying a reasonable wage to their employees rather than relying on or hiding behind the taxpayer.
But if the effect is to make poor people worse off - is that acceptable? The other problem for Osborne is it contradicts Conservative policy which is that more work should always make you better off. In some cases it doesn't.
All fine and good but:
(a) it's mostly paid by private firms so helps the govt slash spending
(b) Many people will be worse off, even with the pay rise, because they're losing more on tax credits and other in-work benefits under this government
If the overall effect means most or even a significant majority of the poorest people are worse off then no it isn't acceptable. But there are always likely to be anomalies where some are worse off unfortunately.
There will probably always be cases where some people are not better off in work I haven't seen any figures suggesting this number will increase because of the living wage though.
Fair enough - it all depends on your political choices and outlook.
Personally, I think a minimum requirement of government policy is that it shouldn't make any poor person worse off - which this set of policies does unfortunately.
And it should be eminently possible to design a system where more hours worked ALWAYS makes you better off. Indeed that's what Universal Credit was meant to achieve. It just requires Govt commitment (both political and fiscal).