Supermarket chain Lidl has announced its third pay increase in a year, affecting all of its 24,500 hourly-paid workers.
Store and warehouse staff working outside the M25 will see hourly pay increase to £11.40 from £11.00, rising to £12.30 with length of service. Hourly pay for those inside the M25 will increase to £12.85 from £11.95, rising to £13.15.
Lidl said the move represented an overall investment of £8 million and a total investment of over £60 million into staff pay in the past year.