New technology is disrupting established industries at a breakneck pace. Just think of the effect of internet banking on employment in the financial sector; the likely effect of driverless cars on the automotive sector; of social media on taxi services;...
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It’s that time of year again - women have now essentially 'stopped earning' due to the 15.7 per cent gender pay gap. While the gap narrowed by around a third between the late 90s and 2010 in the UK, it...
It’s that time of year again - women have now essentially 'stopped earning' due to the 15.7 per cent gender pay gap. While the gap narrowed by around a third between the late 90s and 2010 in the UK, it...
In a Guardian article published last week, Martin Bright, former political editor of the New Statesman and founder of youth employment charity The Creative Society, argues that our main political parties are ‘bullying’ young people into work. With recent announcements...
I represent one of the country’s youngest constituencies with over a fifth of residents under 16. So, of course, I work with and campaign for children and young people.
But I worry too about the long term impact of the forgotten...
Pay for those at the top of our society continues to rise inexorably while average incomes stagnate. The gap between the remuneration of the so-called “super-managers” who run our top businesses and everyone else, is getting ever wider.
A chief executive...