...... but not till 2020!
Him and his party are a joke. Just because Labour have fezzed up to all their cock ups from their last time in power, surely does not mean that the electorate will forget or trust so easily.
Why is rewarding hard working people from the current economic growth "a joke"? Surely any decent person and intelligent can not only see this is just but sensible.
Nothing wrong with rewarding hard working people. The "joke" is the Labour party and Ed keep coming out with statements now........horse, stable door and bolted eh.
I'm not following what your point is. Ed has made a statement about what he will do when he is in power next year. Now seems a sensible time. Would you have preferred him to have made it 2-3 years back?
It usually goes up twice a year, will be past 8 quid before 2020 at the current rate.
Seems a pointless statement from him
It usually goes up twice a year, will be past 8 quid before 2020 at the current rate.
Seems a pointless statement from him
at the current rate of 3% increase, and assuming at least that, its due to be £7.99 in 2020. so he's promising to deliver what is already expected. a very pointless statement indeed.
I'm not following what your point is. Ed has made a statement about what he will do when he is in power next year. Now seems a sensible time. Would you have preferred him to have made it 2-3 years back?
I know it's just not possible, but in an ideal world I'd much rather he could reduce the MAXIMUM wage (not just for footballers) so we could have a more equitable society. Not saying everybody should have the same, it's just that the gap between the rich and the poor has now become obscene.
Whilst that is not posible, increasing the minimum wage would be a major step in the right direction. At the end of the day it doesnt matter so much what the very richest earn but what the lowest paid earn. If at the lower end wages are adequate for a reasonable standard of living then society is going in the right direction. As an employer I would like to see very significant increases in the minimum wage. If it is enforced then it is the same for my competitors and then I can afford to pay a fair wage (we do in fact pay everyone above the living wage already) without being continuoulsy under cut as a result.
I started the thread because it really annoyed me that Milliband (as has already been pointed out) is only stating what will happen anyway under any government. If a labour Leader doesnt wenuinelywant to raise wages then what hope have the lower paid got?
Whilst that is not posible, increasing the minimum wage would be a major step in the right direction. At the end of the day it doesnt matter so much what the very richest earn but what the lowest paid earn. If at the lower end wages are adequate for a reasonable standard of living then society is going in the right direction. As an employer I would like to see very significant increases in the minimum wage. If it is enforced then it is the same for my competitors and then I can afford to pay a fair wage (we do in fact pay everyone above the living wage already) without being continuoulsy under cut as a result.
I started the thread because it really annoyed me that Milliband (as has already been pointed out) is only stating what will happen anyway under any government. If a labour Leader doesnt wenuinelywant to raise wages then what hope have the lower paid got?