Theresa May originally wanted her purpose in power to be defined by improving the wellbeing of the less well-off. The best news for the low paid has been the living wage. Yet even by 2020 there will still be 6 million people earning less than the so-called national living wage, measured by what is needed to reach an acceptable standard of living. The chancellor is said to spend more time puzzling over Britain’s productivity problem (worsening again) than anything else. So he might be interested in the results of a Resolution Foundation study into the impact of the living wage, on the women who have been its major beneficiaries.

Source: The Guardian October 29, 2017 19:18 UTC