Asda has announced it is awarding staff a 10% pay rise as it spends £141m this year to increase hourly pay for store workers. The rise, which will start from April 2, will take pay from £10.10 an hour across the UK to £11 an hour.
Workers in stores inside the M25 will see their money go from £11.25 to £12.17 an hour. Then from July 2 both will rise again with the UK rate going to £11.11 while the London rate will go to £12.28.
The payments will mean the hourly rate is above that for both National Living Wage and Real Living Wage. The National Living Wage will rise to £10.42 from April for the UK and while the Real Living Wage is £10.90 in UK and £11.95 in London.
