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New National Minimum Wage rise starting this weekend set to give nearly two million workers pay boost

Hourly pay rates will rise to £10.42 for workers aged 23 and over from April 1.

Daily Record · Mar 31, 2023

Living wage increase to benefit around 1.7 million workers

The lowest-paid workers are set to enjoy a ‘rare’ real-terms pay boost, says think tank.

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023

Living Wage Foundation launches new pensions standard to help people boost retirement income

The savings target is 12 per cent of a worker's salary with the employer paying in at least seven per cent.

Daily Record · Mar 21, 2023

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Women in UK ‘more likely than men to be on low pay and struggling’

Half a million more women than men are paid below real living wage and 13% are on zero-hours contracts

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2023

Millions of women's jobs paid less than the Real Living Wage, research shows

The study comes as the world prepares to mark International Women's Day next week with a focus on "equity"- and the Living Wage Foundation said: "True equity needs to start with a Real Living Wage"

Daily Mirror · Mar 3, 2023

Belfast Council becomes first in NI to give staff Living Wage

The Living Wage is £10.90, while the government 'National Wage' is £9.50

Belfast Live · Feb 28, 2023

Boost for 45,000 workers as firms sign up to 'Living Hours' pledge

The scheme, devised by the Living Wage Foundation, aims to provide staff with a guaranteed minimum number of hours each week - and "decent" notice of cancellations

Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2023

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ASDA announces pay rise for hourly-paid workers across its 633 stores

The supermarket's new rates of pay, beginning in April, are higher than the Government’s National Living Wage and the voluntary Real Living Wage recommended by the Living Wage Foundation

Manchester Evening News · Feb 17, 2023

Liverpool workers announce two more weeks of strikes as talks break down

Industrial action could go on indefinitely according to the PCS union

Liverpool Echo · Nov 29, 2022

Scottish Ikea staff get pay raise as part of £12 million cost-of-living investment

Swedish retail group also boosts benefits package with staff loans and free food

Insider UK · Nov 29, 2022

IKEA workers to get pay boost as part of £12m cost of living investment

The workers will receive on average a 6% pay increase as well as staff discount doubling

Liverpool Echo · Nov 29, 2022

Campaigners demand action as London workers struggle for real living wage

Outer borough of Haringey tops UK league for low-paid jobs relative to local cost of living

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2022

The Real Living Wage could add £1.7 billion to the economy

Specifically in Scotland, the pay rise could add around £114m to the country's coffers

Insider UK · Nov 15, 2022

Thousands of NHS workers not paid enough to live on, new figures show

Exclusive: ‘We’ve got a moral responsibility’, to pay living wage says NHS trust chief David Bradley

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2022

Energy bills: older Britons will pay more but youngest will struggle most, report finds

Cost of living crisis affecting different generations in very different ways, says Resolution Foundation

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2022

Number of Britons on poverty pay set to hit 5.1 million next year OLD

Exclusive: Another 1.6 million people will be pulled below real living wage rates, research shows

Chronicle Live · Nov 10, 2022

Newcastle City Council gives lowest paid employees pay rise in line with Living Wage

The lowest paid employees at the council will now be on at £10.90 an hour

Daily Mirror · Nov 7, 2022

Ethnic minority Brits more likely to work in 'most precarious jobs' than white peers

Some 45% of all ethnic minority employees are given less than a week’s notice of their shifts, compared with 28% of white workers, according to a study by the Living Wage Foundation

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Liverpool Echo · Oct 28, 2022

Aldi first UK supermarket to increase staff pay to minimum of £11 an hour

The supermarket employs more than 40,000 UK staff across the country.

Birmingham Post · Oct 28, 2022

University events company Nottingham Venues creating jobs following post-Covid bounce-back

It already employs almost 250 staff and has just received certification from the Living Wage Foundation

Wales Online · Oct 6, 2022

'The situation is worse than it ever was' - Lancashire residents tell how food banks are running dry

"Everybody who’s got money seems to want everything for nothing, but they’re not prepared to help those that haven’t, that are doing them the service."

Manchester Evening News · Sep 26, 2022

‘It’s a bad time’: Food banks run dry as demand rises and donations drop

“People can't help other people because they're only just managing themselves."

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

Stormont minister welcomes largest increase in Living Wage

Finance Minister Conor Murphy welcomed the rise to £10.90 amid the rising cost of living.

Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2022

As Bishop of London this is why I am campaigning for a real Living Wage

Dignity is something we all deserve. Workers should feel valued and respected, yet so many are being thrust into in-work poverty due to low pay.

Chronicle Live · Sep 22, 2022

Thousands of UK workers to receive pay rise from today - see if your wage is changing

Real Living Wage rates have gone up across the UK, with thousands of people in line for higher wages following the announcement

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