Public sector workers in the West Midlands could face massive pay cuts or years of below-inflation pay increases after George Osborne announced plans to scrap national pay deals and introduce regional salaries instead.Read
The Government has risked a fresh clash with unions after the Chancellor announced plans to cap public sector pay rises to 1% when a current wage freeze ends.Read
Most people believe pay and bonuses for top executives are “out of control”, according to a new study to coincide with a report which describes excessive high pay as “corrosive” to the economy.Read
Directors at listed firms in the West Midlands have seen pay fall for the third consecutive year – despite new research showing chief executives of top firms have seen income soar 49 per cent in 12 months.Read
Labour likes to talk about the “squeezed middle” and it could be a winning concept, but only if the party sticks to its guns and doesn’t return to a narrow focus on the poor.Read
More than 12,000 Jaguar Land Rover workers are to get a “double your money” pay rise of 6.1 per cent next month – because inflation has jumped to a 20-year high.Read
Women managers in the Midlands earn an average of £11,346 less than their male counterparts – the second largest gap in the UK’s nations and regions.Read
Thousands of Midlanders are struggling to make it to payday, with two million people across the UK taking out loans to bridge the gap in the last 12 months alone.Read
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