Two-tier workforce condemning millions to low-paid jobs, study warns

Gap between high- and low-paid jobs in UK is growing despite signs of economic recovery, according to new report
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/aug/31/two-tier-workforce-low-paid-jobs

Plasticine Philosophy

Money will always be necessary. But as a measure of worth, it's extremely limited and highly corrupting as Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists shows
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/06/deborah-orr-aardman-pirates-capitalism

The right remains obsessed with creating wealth, the left with redistributing it (though, obviously, redistribution is and will always remain an important aspect of civilised behaviour). The task of redefining wealth, with a view to diminishing the necessity of money itself, is a task that seems impossible. Yet it's no more impossible than the peacefully redistributive dreams of socialism.
 "Equality of opportunity" is really about maximising people's chances of competing in the jobs market, so that they can earn money to buy things, and thus transform their environment. Socialism is, in this crucial respect, just a sucker-punch feeder-system for capitalism.
What people really need is the ability to adapt to their environment, rather than be fobbed off with the promise that if they work hard, they can escape it. Humans need to start seeing money as the problem, not the solution. It will always be necessary. But as a measure of worth, as Pirate Captain learned, it's extremely limited and highly corrupting. Placing it at the centre of human existence is folly, and always has been.

Polly Toynbee on Tax

The tax and finances of every citizen must be open to public scrutiny
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/09/tax-finances-every-citizen-scrutiny

inequality and privitization - how very Tory...

Two elements that annoy me most in politics are actions that further inequality, and an ideological commitment to privatization. While not necessarily related, these issues often are, since inequality is often a result of excessive market forces without sufficient state involvement, and privatization (if done inappropriately) often fuels this.

So depressing to read two articles in the Guardian today on each of these topics. Though, I suppose one would hardly expect anything else from the Tory party.
Polly Toynbee on how Osborne's budget will accentuate inequality : here
Aditya Chakrabortty on the folly of privatizing roads : here