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Executive pay increase was modest, the report found
Executive pay dips below average increase

FTSE executives enjoyed more modest pay increases than the general population last year, a surprising new report has found. The PriceWaterhouseCoopers annual report on executive compensation shows the national average earnings increase of 2.5 per cent outstripped the FTSE 100 pay increase of one per cent for the first time in a decade. The report… Read more »

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Social housing will be 100% decent by 2019, govt estimates
Social housing ‘un-decent’ until 2019

By politics.co.uk staff Over 300,000 social housing properties are still not classed as ‘decent’, according to a public spending watchdog. The National Audit Office’s (NAO) report into the Decent Homes Programme found its attempts to ensure social housing meets basic standards had made progress. Eighty-six per cent of social housing was warm, wind and weather… Read more »