The Government should set about increasing the minimum wage to £15 an hour "as soon as possible", according to The Trades Union Congress (TUC).
It comes amid of a summer of significant industrial action as leading unions have raised frustrations over declines in real pay amid soaring inflation. Last week, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that workers saw their pay lag behind inflation at a record rate over the three months to June.
Regular pay, excluding bonuses, increased by 4.7% over the quarter but failed to keep up with rampant inflation, which struck 9.4% in June and accelerated to another 40-year high last month.
