An unusual alliance has in recent times lined up to support a significant increase in the minimum wage to the … Continue reading “Do tax credits ‘subsidise’ employers?”

The Living Wage Foundation – which lobbies employers to pay £9.15 an hour in London and £7.85 elsewhere – has … Continue reading “Why a compulsory living wage is not the best way to help society’s poorest”

In a recent article on CapX, Adam Memon made the case for the minimum wage to be increased to the … Continue reading “The risks of lifting the minimum wage”

Tim Montgomerie, founder of the Good Right, a Senior Fellow at the Legatum Institute, the creator of the ConservativeHome website, a … Continue reading “In Conversation with Tim Montgomerie”

Perhaps there is one thing worse than somebody who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing – … Continue reading “It’s politicians, not prices, that need to be controlled”

McDonald’s has been a major target for US protestors advocating a significant minimum wage hike. A multi-billion dollar company with … Continue reading “Still lovin’ it? McDonald’s shows why a minimum wage hike is no free lunch”

Over the past 24 hours I’ve been asked to appear on three radio shows to discuss Lord Freud’s comments on … Continue reading “Lord Freud’s comments”

We often hear when a group of lower-paid workers goes on strike that they ‘deserve more’, that they ‘need a … Continue reading “Should the low paid get a ‘living wage’?”

For a long time, Germany did not have a national minimum wage – although unions, bargaining at industry level, were … Continue reading “Germany’s new minimum wage may fuel the drive for EU involvement in wage-setting”