Tom Calver

A Friday reminder for Brits who enjoy monitoring the situation: we have a dashboard for you!

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In the first weekly issue of Trendline, launching this afternoon, I compare life in Britain with life in the US.

The UK is often compared with Mississippi, America's poorest state. I argue that we're much more like New York instead.

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I find it odd that the idea of paying young people a lower minimum wage is being called "discriminatory".

Stagnating productivity, coupled with a high minimum wage, has already given Britain one of the flattest career ladders in the rich world

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Crime may be falling in Britain - but it is not falling equally for everyone

We should all celebrate that Britain is less violent than it was 20 years ago.

But the overall crime stats hide an interesting trend: much of the drop in crime has been among the young. For older age groups, crime rates have not fallen much at all

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