Health groups call for social care minimum wage to avert staffing crisis in England
Warning on ‘cycle of low wages’ comes as government pledges in king’s speech to introduce fair pay agreement
June 2024
Nearly half of England’s care workers get less than real living wage, study finds
Boohoo investors seek £100m in damages after minimum wage row
May 2024
Labour must not cave in to pressure over zero-hours contracts
Letters: Readers respond to the party’s watered-down plan to appease businesses
April 2024
I earned more as a bin worker than a veterinary nurse
Letter: One former nurse describes the poor pay and working conditions she experienced at a vet practice
The doomsters were wrong about the minimum wage. They’re wrong about Labour’s new deal for workers, too
Larry Elliott
This is a policy that could make a radical difference – as long as it’s not watered down like the green prosperity plan, says the Guardian’s economics editor Larry Elliott
Rise in UK minimum wage leaves millions short of real living wage
Lowest-paid will be £1,000 short of the figure paid by some employers to reflect actual household costs
March 2024
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Starmer launches Labour local election campaign and defends ‘difficult decisions’ over dropped pledges– as it happened
Minimum wage is UK’s ‘most successful economic policy in a generation’
P&O Ferries boss to be questioned by MPs on working conditions
Observer business agenda
A minimum wage alone can’t fix the UK poverty scandal
P&O Ferries has paid some crew less than half UK minimum wage
Tesco pay rise delay leaves many workers earning under minimum wage
February 2024
Thousands of UK Deliveroo and Uber Eats drivers to strike on Valentine’s Day
Takeaway delivery riders say employment status has left many struggling to earn national living wage
January 2024
Hidden gems from the world of research
Healthy competition is good for keeping wages up, as well as prices down
Torsten Bell
The spotlight is rightly falling on the power of businesses with few competitors to exploit employees
Nightclubs at risk as UK’s biggest operator calls in administrators
Rekom UK, which owns Atik and Pryzm, says larger clubs particularly affected after ‘extremely difficult’ year
BrewDog faces staff backlash after dropping real living wage pledge
New workers now hired on legal minimum wage and pay frozen for London bar staff amid trading losses
December 2023
Currys boss: minimum wage hike shows government does not ‘care’ about retail
Planned 10% UK increase as business rates rise will put pressure on already overburdened industry, says Alex Baldock
November 2023
How Labour’s plan for ‘fair pay’ deals looks to solve UK social care crisis
Autumn statement: Jeremy Hunt looks to cut UK taxes and ‘turbo-charge growth’
