Are more jobs low-paying?
By H.C. | LONDON
THERE has been a widespread media narrative recently which says that the British labour market recovery has relied on low-paying jobs. We highlighted this trend, and its implications for tax revenues, in the print edition two weeks ago. However, the Independent's John Rentoul claims we have all got it wrong:
For all the fuss about how the British labour market increasingly depends on low-paid jobs, the figures tell a different story…There has been no change in the proportion of workers on low pay for the past two decades
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