Posted by Hari on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 with 2 comments | Labels: Austerity, benefits, Big Society, budget cuts, inequality, pay
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LATEST: Only London and the South East have recovered from the bank crash, says Bank of England director
Nor has the "jobs recovery" been a "wages recovery." Well done Cameron and Osborne -
DON'T BE FOOLED: BREXIT was about Inequality not Immigration. Why won't politicians, pundits and social media realise this?
Because blaming racists, or "unpatriotic" internationalists, is so much easier than blaming yourselves -
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ELECTION 2020: Since 1997 the percentage of those under 55 who don't vote has doubled
Who Dares (to win them back) Wins -
EYE OPENER: The Top 1% are paying more income tax? Because their income has doubled since 1995 while the bottom 90%'s has stagnated
Half of us are borrowing to cover living costs. Since the 1980s the poorest fifth have been borrowing more and more
Hari, Do the figures shown for the underemployed include sole traders, self employed etc who are earning too little to pay tax, or very low rates of tax? I believe they come under a different category, but not 100% sure?
ReplyDeleteUnder-employment data from ONS is only for people working for someone else - i.e. part-timers and temps. No data on underemployment among the self-employed.
DeleteThe data for Jan 2014 is here http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lms/labour-market-statistics/january-2014/table-emp01.xls