Labour market enforcement Enforcing rights The new Fair Work Agency is a creature of the right shape, but will it have the eyes and teeth it needs? 13 December 2024 by Hannah Slaughter and Tom Clark Have you ever planned a walk along a public footpath only to find the farmer has left a thicket of thistles in your way? If so, you don’t need to be told: rights with no bite aren’t rights at all. When it comes to the labour market, however, the UK has been wont to forget … Continued READ MORE
Public spending· Fiscal policy They’ve only just begun… Government fires the starting gun on a Spending Review that must plot a path to prosperity 10 December 2024 by James Smith and Tom Clark Rachel Reeves certainly isn’t the first Chancellor to turn to financiers for line-by-line scrutiny of public expenditure, as she is reported to be doing, as she fires the starting gun on next Spring’s Spending Review. Back in 1931, Philip Snowden turned to Sir George May – a retired “man from the Pru” – to identify … Continued READ MORE
Wealth & assets The surprising truth about why wealth inequality hasn’t risen – and the less surprising reality that Britain is still unfair 6 December 2024 by Simon Pittaway and Tom Clark “The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer” is a slogan of at least 200 years’ standing, and one that feels apt in today’s Britain of burgeoning foodbanks and bumper executive bonuses. Indeed, most people who worry about wealth inequality would take it as read that it’s been getting worse. But look … Continued READ MORE
