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Birmingham — a ‘real living wage’ city?

June 03, 2019
by Alun Severn
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This morning Birmingham City Council hosted a breakfast discussion introducing the Living Wage Foundation’s new Living Wage Places scheme. The aim was to bring together businesses, local politicians, public sector organisations and members of civil society to discuss how we can work c
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Fair by Design — why being poor costs more and how you can help tackle the ‘poverty premium’

September 19, 2018
by Alun Severn
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Those who have less pay more — for energy, insurance, and finance. Being poor costs more. This is called the Poverty Premium. Fair by Design, the movement to tackle this poverty premium — the extra costs of being poor — is launching its campaigning arm today. The cam
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