Blog Archive

Case for a ‘Living Wage’ gets stronger

Cormac Staunton 15/12/2014

Cormac Staunton: The recent Behaviour & Attitudes survey on inequality has some striking and perhaps surprising findings. The first is striking: …

The Issue is Income Adequacy not the Price of Water

Nat O'Connor 01/11/2014

Nat O'Connor: If ten families on a hillside got together and built their own water supply, and had to pay to monitor and treat every litre to keep it …

Why Cash Matters (Budget 2015)

Nat O'Connor 15/10/2014

Nat O'Connor: As a follow-up to my pre-Budget post on proportions, we can now look at the results of the announced USC and income tax changes. There …

The Triple Benefit is Doubly Regressive

Cormac Staunton 15/10/2014

Cormac Staunton: In the immediate aftermath of the budget, there is much talk of whether the changes in income tax and USC were ‘progressive’ or …

Budget 2015 and Proportionality

Nat O'Connor 14/10/2014

Nat O'Connor: Without a doubt, some of the analysis of Budget 2015's income tax measures is going to focus on proportional change rather than …

Budget Rumours: An Equality Analysis

Nat O'Connor 13/10/2014

Nat O'Connor: Budget 2015 will be announced tomorrow, but there are enough rumours and unofficial announcements in this morning's headlines that some …