Former Observer editor and rebel Labour MP to review pay and poverty

16 May 2010, by Adam Lent Guest in Labour market, Society & Welfare

I almost fell off my chair when I read the headline above in The Observer. Could it be that the Lib-Cons were about to break the taboo and look at the real cause of poverty – low pay?  No such luck unfortunately: one review of public sector pay and a separate one on poverty.