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400,000 workers to get pay rise from today - check if your wage is going up

New "Real Living Wage" rates have been announced today, with the hourly rates are rising by £1, from £9.90 to £10.90 across the UK, and by 90p, from £11.05 to £11.95 in London

Daily Mirror

Real Living Wage increases to £10.90 an hour, giving pay boost to 400,000 workers

Voluntary scheme sees more than 11,000 employers, including Ikea and Lush, pay higher than statutory minimum wage

Wales Online

Real living wage to rise by record 10.1% to £10.90 an hour outside London

Almost 400,000 workers in line to benefit after charity that sets rate recommends big increases

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New pay rates announced for voluntary ‘real living wage’

Hourly rates are rising by £1 to £10.90 across the UK and by 90p to £11.95 in London, both higher than the statutory minimum.

The Independent UK

Britain’s lowest-paid workers say finances have never been worse

Living Wage Foundation finds 78% of those polled say they are shorter of money than ever

The Guardian - UK

Low-paid workers facing worst-ever financial crisis

Half of workers surveyed admitted they had used a food bank during the past year

Wales Online

Jobs market 'at turning point' as employers end recruitment

Lower paid workers are facing 'worst-ever' financial crisis, research warns

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‘Low-paid workers facing worst-ever financial crisis’

Increasing numbers are using food banks, while some are skipping meals altogether, research suggests.

The Independent UK

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

Living wage commitment and 5 per cent rise for packaging team in new chapter

Scunthorpe operation is making major strides under new management team

Birmingham Post

Aldi ups workers’ pay for the second time this year as inflation bites harder in the UK

London workers’ pay at the German discount retailer to rise further above the capital’s Living Wage

Evening Standard

Living wage campaigners claim progress after vote at Sainsbury’s AGM

One in six shareholders back resolution to extend living wage to indirectly employed cleaners and security guards

The Guardian - UK

Singling out Sainsbury’s over the living wage may not be that pragmatic

A shareholder resolution at one retailer is an imperfect weapon for a scrap over pay that really relates to sector-wide issues

The Guardian - UK

Sainsbury’s under new pressure to pay living wage for all workers

Queen’s bank Coutts plus Coal Pensions Board join others such as L&G and HSBC backing resolution for £9.90 an hour

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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

Daily Mirror

Real Living Wage 'needed more than ever as families battle cost-of-living pain'

Fair pay campaigners took their fight to Westminster today as families battle the cost-of-living crisis. Living Wage Foundation director Katherine Chapman told a parliamentary reception the initiative was needed more than ever as hard-up households

Daily Mirror

10,000 firms back Real Living Wage - but 4.8 million workers still paid below threshold

Research shows the drive has put more than £1.8billion in extra wages into the pockets of low-paid grafters since the Real Living Wage campaign began 20 years ago

Daily Mirror

Sainsbury's to pay shop floor staff £9.90 an hour - and £10 an hour in London

Sainsbury’s said it will commit to paying its staff £10 an hour in London and £9.90 outside the capital under its latest pay promise to staff - it follows 300 job cuts last week

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Birmingham Post

Snowdonia hotel and restaurant operator becomes Living Wage Employer

The owner of The Royal Oak Hotel, The Waterloo Hotel, Stables Lodge and Y Stablau in Betws-y-Coed will pay workers a minimum of £9.90

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