Lower Wages has seen household debt soar.
15 Nov, 2019
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Lower Wages has seen household debt soar.
Lower wages have meant that household debt has risen by a third to record levels in the last ten years. Figures released by the Office of National Statistics, ONS, at the end of last month have revealed that median earnings in April this year were still £20 a week below where they were when the ...
The Real Living Wage increased to £9.30 per hour.
Good news for those whose employers have signed up to the ‘real living wage’ scheme. The Living Wage Foundation has pushed up the national minimum hourly rate by 30p to £9.30. The real living wage was devised by charity the Living Wage Foundation. It argues the government’s National Living Wage is not high enough to ...
UK Economy – slowest annual growth for a decade.
The Office for National Statistics, ONS, has said that year on year growth in the economy for the three months to end-September slowed to 1% from 1.3% in the second quarter. An ONS spokesman said: “Looking at the picture over the last year, growth slowed to its lowest rate in almost a decade”. The economy ...
Starter homes pledge fails to build a single starter home.
200,000 starter homes will be built across England to be sold exclusively to first time buyers under the age of 40 by 2020. That was the Government’s pledge in its 2015 manifesto. After an investigation by the National Audit Office, NAO, it is revealed that no starter homes have been built. Starter homes investigation. The ...
Food Banks study – State of Hunger 2019.
94% of people who use food banks are destitute. Just one of the revelations to come from the most comprehensive study on food bank use to date. Conducted over 3 years by Heriot-Watt University, the study was commissioned by the Trussell Trust. The Trussell Trust’s aim is to end hunger and poverty in the UK. ...
Housing Crisis – Research reveals the full enormity.
A growing housing crisis is revealed in a recent study by the National Housing Federation, NHF. “Today’s research reveals the full enormity of the housing crisis,” said Kate Henderson, the chief executive of the NHF. “It is the single biggest domestic issue we face. From Cornwall to Cumbria, millions of people are being pushed into ...
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