Umployment lowest ever. Wages rising

[Guest]

Obvs still lots more to improve on, but with a properly managed economy the space to make those improvements can be created.

UK unemployment rate is at its lowest ever. Wages are rising. NHS pay rise 6-29%

[Raggamuffin]

The National Living Wage is going up by 33p per hour for those over 25 soon. That doesn't sound very much, but it's a lot more than the minimum wage used to go up. It also has a knock-on effect for those who are paid more because their wages will also go up.

[Jeremy Cunt]

The National Living Wage is going up by 33p per hour for those over 25 soon. That doesn't sound very much, but it's a lot more than the minimum wage used to go up. It also has a knock-on effect for those who are paid more because their wages will also go up.

33p an hour extra is a disgrace.
As for the 6% wage rise for 52.7% of NHS staff still means a PAY CUT as inflation will outstrip that over the next 3 years.
The devil is in the detail.

[Raggamuffin]

The National Living Wage is going up by 33p per hour for those over 25 soon. That doesn't sound very much, but it's a lot more than the minimum wage used to go up. It also has a knock-on effect for those who are paid more because their wages will also go up.

33p an hour extra is a disgrace.
As for the 6% wage rise for 52.7% of NHS staff still means a PAY CUT as inflation will outstrip that over the next 3 years.
The devil is in the detail.

It's better than it used to be though. Under the minimum wage it used to go up about 12 pence or so!

[Guest]

The National Living Wage is going up by 33p per hour for those over 25 soon. That doesn't sound very much, but it's a lot more than the minimum wage used to go up. It also has a knock-on effect for those who are paid more because their wages will also go up.

33p an hour extra is a disgrace.
As for the 6% wage rise for 52.7% of NHS staff still means a PAY CUT as inflation will outstrip that over the next 3 years.
The devil is in the detail.

It is indeed in the detail which i notice you have ommitted. Minimum rise of 6%. Ranging upto 29%

You have named yourself accurately.

[George]

The National Living Wage is going up by 33p per hour for those over 25 soon. That doesn't sound very much, but it's a lot more than the minimum wage used to go up. It also has a knock-on effect for those who are paid more because their wages will also go up.

33p an hour extra is a disgrace.
As for the 6% wage rise for 52.7% of NHS staff still means a PAY CUT as inflation will outstrip that over the next 3 years.
The devil is in the detail.

It is indeed in the detail which i notice you have ommitted. Minimum rise of 6%. Ranging upto 29%

You have named yourself accurately.

Most of the nhs workers that are going to get the 29% rise is due to the fact the government have removed most of the increments meaning you can get from the bottom to the top of your increment quicker but as you would have got these increments anyway it is not really a 29% rise.

[Cannydc]

Wages are currently below 2008 levels.

For anyone who can't work it out, that's 10 years wasted pretending that austerity was 'for the good of the economy' and that the working man and woman would happily pay back the huge debts caused by bankers.

[Guest]

Wages are currently below 2008 levels.

For anyone who can't work it out, that's 10 years wasted pretending that austerity was 'for the good of the economy' and that the working man and woman would happily pay back the huge debts caused by bankers.

If only labour hadnt trashed the economy so badly that we were minutes away from there being no cash available for the hole in the wall.

Been a great national effort under the economic stewardship of the tories to maintain growth, record employment through labours worst mess since 1979.

Clearing up after labour as always.

[Guest]

Wages are currently below 2008 levels.

For anyone who can't work it out, that's 10 years wasted pretending that austerity was 'for the good of the economy' and that the working man and woman would happily pay back the huge debts caused by bankers.

If only labour hadnt trashed the economy so badly that we were minutes away from there being no cash available for the hole in the wall.

Been a great national effort under the economic stewardship of the tories to maintain growth, record employment through labours worst mess since 1979.

Clearing up after labour as always.

Labour haven't been in power since 2010 you simpleton.

The financial crash led to the financial problems worldwide and austerity is an evil political ideology aimed at hurting poorer people you mug

[Cannydc]

Wages are currently below 2008 levels.

For anyone who can't work it out, that's 10 years wasted pretending that austerity was 'for the good of the economy' and that the working man and woman would happily pay back the huge debts caused by bankers.

If only labour hadnt trashed the economy so badly that we were minutes away from there being no cash available for the hole in the wall.

Been a great national effort under the economic stewardship of the tories to maintain growth, record employment through labours worst mess since 1979.

Clearing up after labour as always.

Please read, inwardly digest, and take a small step towards throwing off the shackles of Tory lies and dogma...

Political Myth Busting: The "always cleaning up Labour's messes" narrative.

http://anotherangryvoice.blogspot.co.uk ... -mess.html

[Raggamuffin]

Wages are currently below 2008 levels.

For anyone who can't work it out, that's 10 years wasted pretending that austerity was 'for the good of the economy' and that the working man and woman would happily pay back the huge debts caused by bankers.

My wages haven't gone down.

Why are people always moaning about the economy? I think the only thing they can reasonably moan about is the price of houses and rent - I think something should be done about that. Everything else is up to them - there's no need for people to spend money on things they don't need, and yet they keep doing it. It's largely the expectations that people have which are the issue.

[Guest]

Wages are currently below 2008 levels.

For anyone who can't work it out, that's 10 years wasted pretending that austerity was 'for the good of the economy' and that the working man and woman would happily pay back the huge debts caused by bankers.

My wages haven't gone down.

Why are people always moaning about the economy? I think the only thing they can reasonably moan about is the price of houses and rent - I think something should be done about that. Everything else is up to them - there's no need for people to spend money on things they don't need, and yet they keep doing it. It's largely the expectations that people have which are the issue.

You must be living in cloud cuckoo land if you haven't noticed how much the price of the weekly shop and the supermarket has increased.

Don't believe everything that you read in the Daily Mail like some deluded old bints do around these parts

[Cannydc]

Wages are currently below 2008 levels.

For anyone who can't work it out, that's 10 years wasted pretending that austerity was 'for the good of the economy' and that the working man and woman would happily pay back the huge debts caused by bankers.

My wages haven't gone down.

Why are people always moaning about the economy? I think the only thing they can reasonably moan about is the price of houses and rent - I think something should be done about that. Everything else is up to them - there's no need for people to spend money on things they don't need, and yet they keep doing it. It's largely the expectations that people have which are the issue.

Food prices ?

Travel prices ?

Energy prices ?

If your wages have kept up, or anywhere near, over the time of Tory mismanagement you have been VERY lucky.

[Cannydc]

As a matter of pure fact, my wages haven't gone down either.

2010 - Pay freeze
2011 - pay freeze
2012 - pay freeze
2013 - 1% rise (how we cheered)
2014 - 1% rise
2015 - 1% rise
2016 - 1% rise
2017 - 1% rise

As for inflation....

2010 - 4.6%
2011 - 5.2%
2012 - 3.2%
2013 - 3.0%
2014 - 2.4%
2015 - 1.0%
2016 - 1.8%
2017 - 2.7%

[Raggamuffin]

Wages are currently below 2008 levels.

For anyone who can't work it out, that's 10 years wasted pretending that austerity was 'for the good of the economy' and that the working man and woman would happily pay back the huge debts caused by bankers.

My wages haven't gone down.

Why are people always moaning about the economy? I think the only thing they can reasonably moan about is the price of houses and rent - I think something should be done about that. Everything else is up to them - there's no need for people to spend money on things they don't need, and yet they keep doing it. It's largely the expectations that people have which are the issue.

You must be living in cloud cuckoo land if you haven't noticed how much the price of the weekly shop and the supermarket has increased.

Don't believe everything that you read in the Daily Mail like some deluded old bints do around these parts

I don't do a "weekly shop", and I don't follow prices that much. Aldi is very cheap ...