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Part two - Local priorities for economic regeneration: an Enfield view Alan Sitkin, Senior Lecturer, Regents University London My previous blog discussed an economic priority for…

Part one - Local priorities for economic regeneration: an Enfield view Alan Sitkin, Senior Lecturer, Regents University London And there it is. You get elected councillor; your…

The new national living wage, in effect a new name for the national minimum wage for all but the youngest workers, comes into effect next month. The new name is a headache for…

The growth in self-employment, particularly among older working-age adults, and the corresponding drop in self-employment income has consequences for tackling poverty and ensuring…

On the many of the headline figures, the labour market has turned the corner. Employment is up and all three components of underemployment are falling, as is long-term…

Even though CPI inflation is currently running well below target at 1.2 per cent, it is not yet time to throw the cost of living crisis into the dustbin of political campaigns…

Though no panacea for working poverty, a higher national minimum wage is probably right. But Ed Miliband’s announcement that Labour would dictate such an outcome is certainly…

Last week, a government minister said something very interesting highlighting the fact that even low paid workers have a choice when it comes to getting a job. At the start of…

This week’s Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2013 report is the first in a number of years to contain good news about the labour market. The unemployment rate is down on…