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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Aina J Khan

More minority ethnic than white British workers paid below UK real living wage

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About 10,000 businesses voluntarily pay the real living wage set by the LWF. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Minority ethnic workers in the UK are disproportionately paid below the “real living wage”, data shows, reigniting calls to offer support in the cost of living crisis.

A report by the Living Wage Foundation (LWF) says 33% of workers of Bangladeshi heritage, 29% of workers of Pakistani backgrounds and 25% of black workers earn below the real living wage, compared with 20% of white British workers.

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