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As the government responded to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee's report on executive and high pay, Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Academic Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs said: "The Government has sensibly resisted pressure from the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee to make further interventions in the determination of executive ... Continue reading

Responding to calls from the Resolution Foundation to raise the minimum wage in order to eliminate low pay, Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs said: "It's not surprising that the number of low-paid workers has fallen, given the substantial increases in minimum wage rates, and in particular the National ... Continue reading

Commenting on a Public Accounts Committee report, which finds that apprenticeship reforms are failing to deliver, the IEA’s Editorial and Research Fellow Prof Len Shackleton said: “The failure of the government’s policy on apprenticeships, like so many other schemes in the past, is no surprise; it was widely predicted. The levy has turned out to ... Continue reading