IoD Chief Economist, Graeme Leach, reacts to today’s Budget and makes the case for early public spending cuts to tackle the UK’s huge fiscal deficit and drive economic recovery.
As Chief Economist and Director of Policy, Graeme is a frequent media commentator and conference speaker, on matters that affect the economy. Prior to joining the IoD in 1998, he was an economics director and managing editor of futures publications, at the Henley Centre. In 1998 he was awarded the WPP Atticus Award for original published thinking. He has also acted as a consultant on future economic and social change, to many UK companies.
Dear Mr Leach
Having read your comments on the DRA in the Express today, I want to let you know that employers are not all so intelligent about retention of staff as you say they are. This is why the DRA must be scrapped as soon as possible. Pensioners are told that they are a burden on society but many are faced with a company who will not retain any beyond 65 – particularly if they are at a middle level in the heirarchy. It is undeniably discrimination about the age of an individual and should be recognised as such. Employers are not all ideal people and that is why we have all the employment law that we do. The alternative is the strong and widespread Trade Unions of old
Dear Mr Leach
Having read your comments on the DRA in the Express today, I want to let you know that employers are not all so intelligent about retention of staff as you say they are. This is why the DRA must be scrapped as soon as possible. Pensioners are told that they are a burden on society but many are faced with a company who will not retain any beyond 65 – particularly if they are at a middle level in the heirarchy. It is undeniably discrimination about the age of an individual and should be recognised as such. Employers are not all ideal people and that is why we have all the employment law that we do. The alternative is the strong and widespread Trade Unions of old