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Rebranding Poverty: Why a living wage isn’t enough
George Osborne seemingly outmanoeuvred the mainstream left when his last budget championed a ‘national living wage’ to be introduced next year - yet it won't extend to all workers, and erosions to welfare mean you won't be able to live on it.