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Friday 20 June 2014
Thursday 5 June 2014
Recent governments, Tory
and Labour, have used the true fact that the average salary in the
public sector is higher than that in the private sector to justify the
privatisation of public services. In November 2012 the Office of National Statistics produced a report and video politely
debunking government claims that public sector staff are overpaid,
providing statistical reasons for the overall higher average pay. We
summarise the main points below:
a) Public sector jobs have a higher proportion of higher skill jobs. Just as in the private sector, higher skilled jobs attract higher pay.
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a) Public sector jobs have a higher proportion of higher skill jobs. Just as in the private sector, higher skilled jobs attract higher pay.
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The BBC managed to dig out data on
the 'winners and losers' of HS2, using a Freedom of Information
request. The raw data they found conceals just how big a winner London
is by reporting "London Central" seperately from London West; London South West; London South East; London South/Croydon; London North East; London North.
The number of hospital beds available has been dropping for decades.
Shortage of beds is compounded by shortage of staff. The Parliamentary Health Select Committee reported in July 2013
Shortage of beds is compounded by shortage of staff. The Parliamentary Health Select Committee reported in July 2013
- Only 17% of emergency departments were able to provide 16 hours of Consultant cover in a working day, and even worse than that during weekends.
- "Emergency staffing at all levels is under strain and a 50% fill rate of trainees is now resulting in a shortfall of senior trainees and future consultants"
The data below is from the OECD's "Education at a glance, 2012" report, which looks at and compares the education systems in the OECD countries.
For both primary and secondary schools up to GCSE, class sizes in England are among the largest in the OECD.
Monday 2 June 2014
Over
800,000 new Housing Benefit claims have been made since 2008 with 3 in 4
of those claims made by people in work. The government says it's making
work pay yet falling real wages and soaring housing costs are pushing
more working people into poverty. At the same time the cost of housing
benefit continues to increase at a dramatic rate.
Tuesday 13 May 2014
Data from the Paris School of Economics show that average income for the lower 90% of Britons has stagnated in real terms for decades.
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| Paris School of Economics http://g-mond.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/topincomes/ |
Saturday 10 May 2014
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A graph from the 2013 British Social Attitudes (BSA) Survey shows fewer than 1 in 10 Britons have wanted this in the 30 years since 1983. More than 90% have consistently wanted the level of tax & spend to remain the same or to increase.
Friday 9 May 2014
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