Last week, the National Minimum Wage (NMW) celebrated its fifteenth birthday. It has not been the disaster some feared – … Continue reading “National Minimum Wage turns 15 – but it still fails to help those most in need”

The opening lines of the press conference presenting the IMF’s report on the UK economy did not bode well. The … Continue reading “We shouldn’t take the IMF’s views on the UK too seriously”

After apparently backing away from comprehensive schemes for liberalising the labour market, the government yesterday made a small gesture in … Continue reading “Buying out employment rights: a very limited proposal”

David Cameron’s trip to the Nordic-Baltic conference seems to have reinforced his view that companies should be pressurised into putting … Continue reading “Cameron is wrong to pressurise firms into putting more women on their boards”

David Cameron’s trip to the Nordic-Baltic conference seems to have reinforced his view that companies should be pressurised into putting … Continue reading “Cameron is wrong to pressurise firms into putting more women on their boards”