The minimum wage should be hiked to £15 an hour as low-paid workers are pushed to the brink by rising living costs, trade union bosses have said.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) urged ministers to set about increasing the minimum wage to £15 an hour as soon as possible as the crisis in living standards mounts.
Britain is facing an autumn of discontent as workers across a string of industries consider strike action, following walkouts by rail staff, barristers and port workers this summer.
