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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Unions urge Reeves to prioritise living standards as CBI presses for shift on employment rights

The TUC said that Rachel Reeves must deliver a living standards budget on Wednesday to ease the pressure on working households whose incomes have remained stagnant in more than a decade. Analysis by the unions showed working people were just 12 a week better off compared with 2008 after a painful Tory pay hangover. Real wages grew at an average of just 0.04% each year under the Conservative government between May 2010 and April 2024, it found.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain's woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland

Brexit is the structural damage at the root of Britain’s long-term economic weakness, driving stalled growth, squeezed public services, and stagnant living standards.
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