• shish_mish@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    And then employers moan that nobody wants to work and that young people all leave the country.

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      7 months ago

      not just leave the country- leave the towns in the UK that need to catch up to retain their talent. The brain drain is real, young people leave their small towns because theres no progress or future, most go where the better paid work is. If they want to level up, cutting minimum wage is the opposite of what needs to happen

      • VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Gov has never been interested in leveling up, was and is an election strategy. Like saying you’ll build 40 new hospitals when what’s actually happened is some have been touched up.

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          7 months ago

          Or employing 20 000 police officers that they cut to start with

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        7 months ago

        Just change the tax system. Have some sort if a rebate or something

        Companies get 0 for all workers in London, 5% for large cities outside London, 10% for bumfuck nowhere.