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National Minimum Wage

Low Pay Commission Report 2005

By: Great Britain. Low Pay Commission

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National Minimum Wage

Low Pay Commission Report 2005

By: Great Britain. Low Pay Commission

The terms of reference of this report are to monitor the impact and review the levels of the minimum wage and make consequent recommendations for change. The sections of the report are: impact of the national minimum wage; groups of workers and specific enforcement issues; young people and trainees; compliance and enforcement; setting the rates. Amongst the recommendations are: an increase in the rate to [pound]5.05 and that twenty-one year olds should receive the adult rate. Overall there is little evidence that the minimum wage has had any impact on profits, at the macroeconomic level, nor has it significantly affected prices or overall productivity.

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0101647522

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The best start in life?

alleviating deprivation, improving social mobility, and eradicating child poverty, second report of session 2007-08, Vol. 1: Report, together with formal minutes

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee

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The best start in life?

alleviating deprivation, improving social mobility, and eradicating child poverty, second report of session 2007-08, Vol. 1: Report, together with formal minutes

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee

The Government has set itself the challenging target of halving the number of children living in poverty by 2010-11 and eradicating child poverty by 2020. With 2010 fast approaching, Ministers are still committed to the targets, and the Committee wanted to ascertain whether DWP has the right measures in place to meet its objectives. Significant progress has been made, but the target remains challenging: there are still 2.8 million children living in poverty and the most recent data shows a slight increase in this number. The Committee is convinced of the damaging effect of poverty on a child's self-esteem and expectations, and also its effects in contributing to social exclusion. Children growing up in poverty are also more likely to have poorer health and poorer educational outcomes. There are groups of children who have a much higher risk of growing up in poverty, for example if they or a parent are disabled, and there are higher poverty rates amongst Pakistani, Bangladeshi and black children. Getting parents into sustainable work should be the focus of the strategy to lift them and their children out of poverty, but there are concerns that the Jobseekers' Allowance regime is not sufficiently flexible to reflect the complexity of lone parents' lives. To eradicate child poverty by 2020, the Government needs a long-term strategy on benefit income for those who are unable to work. If benefits are uprated in line with inflation, the gap between the incomes of those in work and those on benefits will only get wider, as benefits will not keep pace with earnings. As poverty is measured as a percentage of median earnings, the implications for the 2020 target, in particular, are serious.

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021551386X

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9780215513861

The Green Investment Bank

second report of session 2010-11, Vol. 1: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee,Joan Walley

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The Green Investment Bank

second report of session 2010-11, Vol. 1: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence

By: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee,Joan Walley

This report warns that the UK could lose out on hundreds of billions of pounds of vital investment in green energy projects if the Government waters down its plans for a Green Investment Bank. The Coalition Agreement promised to establish a Green Investment Bank and the Chancellor pledged £1 billion to capitalise it in the Spending Review, plus unspecified proceeds from the sale of government assets. But there have been reports of disagreement within Government as to whether it should be a fully fledged investment 'bank' able to borrow money and raise further capital or simply a 'fund'. If the Office for National Statistics (ONS) classifies the Bank as 'public sector' its borrowing could appear on the Government's balance sheet and so undermine its deficit reduction strategy. Evidence presented to the Environmental Audit Committee by energy companies, NGOs and financial institutions suggests that between £200 billion and £1 trillion of private sector investment is needed over the next 10-20 years if the UK is to meet its climate change and renewable energy targets. But traditional sources of private sector capital are only likely deliver £50-£80 billion of investment in green infrastructure by 2025 - leaving the UK with a massive investment shortfall. The report argues that establishing a proper Investment Bank is crucial in order to lever in the unprecedented levels of private sector investment needed. The Committee concludes that, as a priority, the Bank should concentrate on new fledgling environmental investment where the market has yet to be established.

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021555681X

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9780215556813

The National Minimum Wage

Building on Success : Fourth Report of the Low Pay Commission

By: Great Britain. Low Pay Commission,Adair Turner

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The National Minimum Wage

Building on Success : Fourth Report of the Low Pay Commission

By: Great Britain. Low Pay Commission,Adair Turner

Dated March 2003.

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