Posted on May 31st, 2009 by Adam Lent
The TUC Touchstone pamphlet, Life in the Middle, received wide media coverage on its launch last week. There were half page analyses in the Financial Times and The Guardian and news reports in The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Express and The Daily Mail and a very detailed analysis on the BBC website. The Daily Express and Daily [...]
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Posted on May 29th, 2009 by ToUChstoneblog
Connected Research
A welcome to new blog from telecoms/IT union Connect's new policy blogger, Calvin
Doubts over right-wing dominance of social media: ePolitix.com
so there!
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Posted on May 28th, 2009 by Owen Tudor
The Financial Times often puts film stills in its second section because company news often needs a bit of jazzing up. Stories about union-employer partnerships are also sometimes a little short on the conflict that traditionally laces industrial relations reporting. So, as a descendant of an 18th century Cornish pirate, my eye was caught by Johnny Depp [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2009 by ToUChstoneblog
The Real Middle Britain – Taxes, House Prices & Debt
Duncan's Economic Blog on how the real Middle Britain shows potential majority support for a progressive response to the recession.
(tags: middlebritain tuc)
Where is Middle Britain?
Nigel has a guest post about the real Middle Britain over at Liberal Conspiracy
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MPs' expenses: the last straw for [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2009 by Adam Lent
Many MPs seem bemused by the wave of public anger that has consumed them in recent days. Here’s a simple statistic that might enlighten them. Median income in the UK is around £20,000 pa; MPs earn around £65,000 pa. And as the new Touchstone pamphlet shows, many middle earners have seen their relative income growth [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2009 by ToUChstoneblog
Thirty years ago, millions of middle earners delivered an historic election victory to Margaret Thatcher by ditching their Labour allegiance. Eighteen years later, that same group of voters switched back and helped Tony Blair to a huge parliamentary majority.
It will be middle earners who once again determine the outcome of the next general election. But [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2009 by ToUChstoneblog
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Posted on May 27th, 2009 by ToUChstoneblog
Much of the new Touchstone pamphlet Life in the Middle – the Untold Story of Britain’s Average Earners is based on a specially commissioned YouGov poll. Real poll junkies can find more results in a pdf here
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Posted on May 27th, 2009 by ToUChstoneblog
Why are we silent as Cameron preaches voodoo economics?
Johann Hari worries that the Tory leader’s devotion to discredited theories shows up a blinkered view of the economy as it affects ordinary people.
(tags: tax politics DavidCameron)
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Posted on May 27th, 2009 by Tim Page
Owen describes Brendan Barber’s call, at an ETUC event in Paris, for “decent jobs for all workers”. A very similar message emerged from trade union economists, from OECD countries, who met on Monday and Tuesday. This meeting, also in Paris, was held to consider a trade union position on the economic crisis, in advance of the G8 summit [...]
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