{"id":55913,"date":"2017-05-25T12:01:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T05:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tuc-urges-government-to-help-boost-pay-as-debt-nears-record-levels\/"},"modified":"2017-05-25T12:09:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T05:09:56","slug":"tuc-urges-government-to-help-boost-pay-as-debt-nears-record-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tuc-urges-government-to-help-boost-pay-as-debt-nears-record-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"TUC urges government to help boost pay as debt nears record levels"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAverage unsecured debt per household stood at \u00a313,200 last year \u2013 just \u00a3100 short of level before financial crisisThe TUC has urged the next government to take action to boost pay as it warned that borrowing to top up wages was poised to breach the record levels hit just before the financial crisis of a decade ago.Frances O\u2019Grady, the TUC general secretary, expressed alarm at the steady increase in unsecured debt \u2013 which excludes mortgages \u2013 and called for a higher minimum wage and an end to the tough pay curbs in the public sector. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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