Yes, David Cameron, Britain needs a pay rise – so cough up | Simon Jenkins

Cameron’s been happily giving the banks handouts for years. How about bailing out the public sector and bonuses for welfare recipients, too?

David Cameron is right about pay. The best way to put money into people’s pockets is to put money into people’s pockets. Just like that. Stuff it in. Tell them to go out and spend. “It’s time Britain had a pay rise,” he told the British Chambers of Commerce today.

For five years he has been printing money and stuffing it into bankers’ pockets – and hoping...