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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

Aldi gives second pay rise in year amid high demand for UK workers

A shopworker restocks shelves at an Aldi supermarket in Tarleton.
A shopworker restocks shelves at an Aldi supermarket in Tarleton last week. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Aldi has raised pay for shop workers for the second time in a year in the latest sign of the intense competition for workers in the UK.

From September, the grocery discounter is to put up hourly pay by 40p to a minimum of £10.50 outside the M25 and to £11.95 in London, an increase of at least 3.5%.

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