So four UK supermarkets cost the taxpayer a £1 billion a year because the wages of 500,000 their staff are so low. Their joint profits were £2.2 billion. Every little helps ...https://twitter.com/itsmesue22/status/1060517744565780480 …
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Als antwoord op @KevinPascoe
It’s awful stats isn’t it. One of the issues with the tax credits system. They key is just regulating so proper wages are paid and the state doesn’t have to top up
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Als antwoord op @ceritheviking
No argument - a real living wage by law means massive savings for the taxpayer. It’s not as if these supermarkets employ extra people because of the subsidy / low wages. All the staff I see are pretty busy. And this doesn’t include apprenticeship subsidies they get
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Als antwoord op @KevinPascoe
In fairness they all pay for apprentices now (But not eligible in wales). The apprentice levy is another mess of a policy
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Als antwoord op @KevinPascoe
Today a family in my parents circumstances would cost the state a fortune . We forget how limited the Welfare State was in the years after 1945.
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Indeed.
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