Wednesday 30 October 2013

Being a moderniser means making work pay - and that includes the living wage

Mary Riddell in todays Telegraph has a nice piece where she describes me as a moderniser:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10412178/Labour-has-its-sights-trained-on-the-laurel-hedges-of-the-suburbs.html
The reason is the work that I am doing championing the living wage and looking at ways to incentivise employers to pay a living wage. As Mary writes today:
"Some onlookers, noting mounting chatter around the Treasury, think there is a chance that Mr Osborne will shortly promise to legislate to raise the minimum wage. Other MPs, while doubtful that he would go so far, think it likely that he will either adjust National Insurance or take all minimum wage earners out of income tax by raising the threshold to £12,500."