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Louisiana gears up for first recreational alligator hunt in more than 50 years

State to offer up to 5,000 trappers chance to snare reptiles whose numbers have risen to 3m from fewer than 100,000

The Guardian - US · Aug 28

‘We just want enough to get by’: Hundreds of thousands of pensioners going without essentials

The Living Wage Foundation has said that 35 per cent of low income pensioners are relying on benefits, or money from friends and family to get by, as basic incomes are no longer enough to afford the basics

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2025

London night workers 40% likelier to be low paid than daytime workers, report reveals

As well as a gap in earnings, the new research also outlines health disparities between those who work at night or by day

Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2024

130k Londoners to get 10% pay rise as London Living Wage increases to £13.15

The £1.20 increase is the biggest jump ever for the Living Wage Foundation's London rate

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2023

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

Survey for Living Wage Foundation finds 56% of minority ethnic staff have experienced discrimination at work

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2022

Who pays the ‘real living wage’ in Britain – and who does not?

More than 10,000 companies pay £9.90 an hour in the UK and £11.05 in London – Burberry and Ikea among them

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2022