Budget 2024 Budget 2024: National Minimum Wage set for record hike and Living Wage to rise 6.7% Union leaders have welcomed plans to boost the National Living Wage as making a “real difference to the… James Moules 29th October, 2024, 6:00 pm
Comment Sunak set to increase the national living wage – but Labour is not impressed The national ‘living’ wage is set to rise from £8.91 to £9.50 next April, it has been confirmed… Elliot Chappell 25th October, 2021, 5:06 pm
Comment Damien Egan: Local government must lead the way on the real living wage The Prime Minister claims that austerity is over. But that’s hard to believe with one in five people… Damien Egan 5th November, 2018, 7:30 am
Comment Holly Lynch: How can Tories tell young people they are not worth £7.50 an hour? As Labour pledges that all workers would receive a living wage of £10 per hour Holly Lynch, MP… Holly Lynch 11th April, 2017, 6:00 pm
News Corbyn puts £10 minimum wage at heart of local elections pitch A Labour government would raise minimum wage to £10 per hour, giving 5.6 million people a pay rise,… Emma Bean 10th April, 2017, 8:59 am
Comment GMB: The Tories must realise that the case for wages should not be based on ages As the UK celebrates Living Wage Week and new rates are announced, our GMB Young Members network is… Ross Holden 2nd November, 2016, 7:00 am
Comment Seema Malhotra: Osborne’s living wage con fails hard-working Britons Wherever you look in George Osborne’s record of six years as Chancellor you find false economies –… Seema Malhotra 6th April, 2016, 7:00 am
Comment Poor pay the price for Osborne’s failure as “national living wage” is cut Low pay is a blight on the UK economy, denying millions of hard working Britons the dignity of… Rachel Reeves 20th March, 2016, 7:00 am
News Union leaders call for living wage guaranteed by law General secretaries from nine major trade unions have signed a letter to John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, urging… 30th April, 2014, 4:36 pm
Comment A National Living Wage would create jobs Raising the national minimum wage to the Living Wage would lead to more jobs being created in the… Karen Jennings 4th November, 2013, 1:45 pm