Nearly six million jobs, and almost a quarter of jobs outside London, pay less than the living wage, according to a report by the Office for National Statistics.
One of the major headlines from yesterday’s Budget announcement by Chancellor George Osborne was his introduction of a “living wage”, but in reality the announcement is far less generous than it first appears.
Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled a plan to introduce a “national living wage” of £9 per hours by 2020 in the first Conservative budget in nearly 20 years.
The Green Party have urged the British public to join its “peaceful political revolution” to end austerity and address climate change.
Next boss Lord Wolfson has been criticised for criticised for being out of touch after he dismissed the Living Wage campaign, saying that £6.70 per hour is “enough to live on”.