London night workers 40% likelier to be low paid than daytime workers, report reveals

Workers in London’s night-time economy are likelier to be low paid than others, a new report reveals - (PA Archive)

Londoners who work at night are 40 per cent more likely not to earn a ‘real living wage’ than those who don’t, a new report has warned.

Research published by the Living Wage Foundation (LWF) this week found that 17 per cent of the capital’s night workers are paid less than £13.85 per hour, compared with 12 per cent of those who don’t work at night.