Food down a snip, but profits still up

Dec 6, 2023By UNITElive

Although news just in may be whispering of a wafer-thin helping of food inflation slowdown – for most of us in the real world your tasty turkey dinner is still going to be a bit of a Scrooge-like stretch.

Yesterday (December 5), news agency Reuters reported that food inflation was down slightly, slowing to 9.1 per cent in November according to Kantar; that the cost of the Christmas dinner up was up 1.3 per cent year-on-year; and that Sainsbury’s has the largest market share gain in over a decade.

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Dec 6, 2023UNITElive

Wages ‘eroded over more than a decade’

Oct 17, 2023By UNITElive

Average pay growth rising above inflation in August for the first time in two years will be cold comfort for millions of workers who have suffered pay erosion for over a decade. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced on Thursday (October 17) that in the three months to August, annual pay growth rose by […]

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Oct 17, 2023UNITElive

Public ownership would mean lower energy bills and lower inflation

Aug 24, 2023By UNITElive

On the eve of the new price cap, Unite has highlighted how energy companies are making record profits while the government and industry regulator, Ofgem, stand by and do nothing to support workers and communities. Ofgem is preparing to unveil the new price cap level, which will be implemented from 1 October. While it is […]

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Aug 24, 2023UNITElive

CEOs ‘rewarded for overseeing greedflation’

Aug 22, 2023By UNITElive

Unite slammed big business leaders for being rewarded for profiteering, after new data shows Britain’s biggest bosses’ pay has skyrocketed by 16 per cent in a single year. New research from the High Pay Centre (HPC), which tracks the pay of CEOs of the UK’s largest companies, found the median pay for a FTSE 100 […]

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Aug 22, 2023UNITElive

‘Our economy is broken’

Aug 16, 2023By UNITElive

Unite has slammed the government and Bank of England for twisting statistics to suggest the cost-of- living crisis is coming to an end, after the latest figures show that real wage growth is still, in fact, failing to keep up with price rises. On Monday (August 15) new figures from the Office for National Statistics […]

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Aug 16, 2023UNITElive

Going hungry in the food factory

Jul 18, 2023By UNITElive

Even as production costs fall, staggeringly high inflation continues unabated, in large part driven by skyrocketing prices of the one thing everyone needs – food. Research by consumer group Which? found that in April, own-brand budget items at the UK’s largest supermarkets jumped by as much as 25 per cent in only a month, hitting […]

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Jul 18, 2023UNITElive

Inflation failures strengthen case for general election, says UNISON

Jun 21, 2023By Dave Prentis blog

Government hasn’t a clue about most people’s financial nightmares

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Jun 21, 2023Dave Prentis blog

Bank’s chief economist is “living on another planet”

Apr 26, 2023By Dave Prentis blog

Denying staff a pay rise won’t help the economy

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Apr 26, 2023Dave Prentis blog

‘No end in sight’ to cost of living crisis

Apr 19, 2023By UNITElive

Inflation continues to stay at record highs, according to the latest figures, driven mainly by ongoing hikes in the price of food. The consumer prices index (CPI) measure of inflation fell marginally from 10.4 per cent in February to 10.1 per cent in March – a smaller drop than analysts expected, with some having predicted […]

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Apr 19, 2023UNITElive

Real terms pay continues to plummet

Apr 18, 2023By UNITElive

The real value of workers’ pay keeps on nosediving, with the latest figures showing the fastest fall in real wages since 2009 as inflation continues to outpace wage rises. The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published on Tuesday (April 18) showed that yearly growth in average pay stayed at 6.6 per […]

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Apr 18, 2023UNITElive

Inflation – no end in sight

Mar 22, 2023By UNITElive

Commenting on the latest ONS inflation figures released on Wednesday (March 22), Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, “Inflation is back on the rise and workers continue to be hammered by high prices. “Unite’s own research shows that it’s profits propelling inflation, while workers’ wages struggle to keep up. In 2021, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda […]

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Mar 22, 2023UNITElive

Fair pay is the way to protect public services as high inflation continues

Feb 15, 2023By Dave Prentis blog

Ministers must move on wages as workers struggle

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Feb 15, 2023Dave Prentis blog

Cost of living crisis continues

Jan 18, 2023By UNITElive

Inflation continues to stay at record-breaking levels, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics today (January 18). Although headline inflation fell slightly for the second month in a row, from 14 per cent RPI in November to 13.4 per cent in December, food inflation continues to soar to a 40-year […]

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Jan 18, 2023UNITElive

Inflation latest: workers face ‘bleak midwinter’

Dec 14, 2022By UNITElive

The rate of inflation easing only slightly according to the latest figures will be cold comfort for millions who are still struggling to make ends meet. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported on Wednesday (October 14) that the CPI rate of inflation fell from 11.1 per cent in October to 10.7 per cent last […]

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Dec 14, 2022UNITElive

Chancellor must not cut public services to fix economy, says UNISON

Nov 16, 2022By Dave Prentis blog

Widening gap between pay and prices is leaving services on verge of collapse

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Nov 16, 2022Dave Prentis blog

Pay squeeze continues

Oct 11, 2022By UNITElive

An unprecedented pay squeeze continues after new figures published today (October 11) show that real-terms pay has fallen by nearly 3 per cent in the three months to August. The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that real-terms wages had dropped 2.9 per cent between June and August, only slightly less […]

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Oct 11, 2022UNITElive

‘Crisis of income’

Sep 14, 2022By UNITElive

Unite has warned that temporary dip in headline inflation will be cold comfort for working families who face continued stagnating wages at a time when company profits are soaring. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported today (September 14) that CPI inflation eased to 9.9 per cent in the year to August, down from 10.1 […]

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Sep 14, 2022UNITElive

‘Profiteering crisis’

Aug 17, 2022By UNITElive

Inflation has hit a 40-year high according to the latest figures published today (August 17), which showed the RPI measure of inflation skyrocketing to 12.3 per cent in July, up from 11.8 per cent in June. The newest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that rising food prices were the main driver […]

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Aug 17, 2022UNITElive

Proper wage boost the answer as inflation reaches new high

Aug 17, 2022By Dave Prentis blog

Households need help to end the misery

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Aug 17, 2022Dave Prentis blog