Tagged with: low incomes


Raising employment

Robert Sweeney 16/03/2018

The issue of pay and employment props up occasionally in public discourse but rarely receives the attention it merits. With international women’s day just passed, rising discontent surrounding pay, and TASC’s recent submission to the low pay commission, now seems a good time to revisit the matter. In particular, a recent OECD report makes for …



Why further reform of the CAP is needed now

Alan Matthews 16/01/2017

Recently I argued at the European Parliament that further reform of the CAP is needed now. Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy has been ongoing …

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