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Should we forgo pay increases to protect the economy?

The Chancellor's called for restraint on pay. Plus: Would free food vouchers help you give up smoking? Graham Stewart takes your calls.

Mortgages and rents are increasing, fuel prices and food bills are going up and the official figures tell us inflation is running at over three percent. Those are the kinds of pressures which make us all look at our pay packets and, inevitably, workers start demanding pay increases in line with inflation. However, the Chancellor Alistair Darling says pay rises need to be "consistent" with the 2 per cent inflation target. Is he right?

Plus: Would free food vouchers help you give up smoking?

In Dundee they're launching a scheme where people in some of the city's poorest areas will be offered grocery vouchers as an incentive to stop smoking. Is this a good way to help people quit, or a nanny state solution to an issue which should be about personal preference and responsibility?

Graham Stewart takes your calls, texts and emails.

55 minutes

Last on

Mon 23 Jun 2008 09:05

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  • Mon 23 Jun 2008 09:05