A spokesman for the Premier League has rejected the proposition – supported by the unlikely partnership of trade unions, civil society organisations and Boris Johnson - that cleaning and catering staff employed by London’s football clubs should be paid £7.75 an hour. The League stated that clubs make a “substantial contribution” to the economy, that [...]

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The broadcast media this morning are spinning the pay figures from Income Data Services as a sign that inflation is now driving up wages.  They’ve even found some ill-informed and/or self-interested pundits to claim this is the case.  As I posted yesterday, the figures don’t show this at all.  There’s a very balanced report on [...]

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The latest figures from Income Data Services show that pay settlements between April and July represented a 3.5% rise in salaries. Hardly inflation busting.
The figures also show how diverse and responsive the UK’s pay bargaining process now is, with some sectors, such as chemicals and pharmaceuticals settling at around 4.5% while retail and the not-for-profit sectors are sticking at [...]

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