This paper reports the results of research designed, in part, to examine how low-income families manage their budgets. Having a store of 'rainy day money' can increase a low-income family's...
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Persistently high levels of low pay and in-work poverty in the UK reveal a blind spot in the Government's otherwise impressive record on employment and poverty. This report makes the case for a...
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The aim of this report is to investigate how these issues play out in one particular low wage sector - the early years - highlighting both challenges that are common across low wage sectors and those...
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The rights to work and earn a decent living are timeless demands of the labour movement and basic characteristics of a fair society. However, almost six in ten poor households in the UK (57 per cent)...
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In the last quarter of 2006, employment in the UK reached a record high of over 29 million. But it is important to consider the quality of the new jobs that have been created, as well as their...
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This report focuses on a range of issues including pay and workload: "This study unashamedly stretches its methodology, as the best 'think tank' pieces do, to raise all the ideas which need to be...
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This book explores the age stereotypes that lead to discrimination and looks at the economic, business and individual grounds for government action. Faced with an ageing population, a pensions...
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Eleven different takes on the future of teachers and teaching. Issues covered include: attracting teacher returners; supply teachers; creating a representative profession; and reinventing the...
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There is renewed interest in the quality of people's working lives. Are we really all working harder than we used to? Do we like our jobs less? The Labour Government brought in several new rights at...
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