Feb 23 2015
The growth of low pay under David Cameron shows the Tory plan has failed millions of working families - Reeves →
Rachel Reeves, Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary, commenting on new analysis published by the TUC which has found one in five jobs pays less than the Living Wage, said: “The growth of low pay under David Cameron shows the Tory plan has failed millions of working families. Five years of…
A low pay crisis needs more urgent action than a £8 min wage in 2020. The Green Party wants an immediate rise in the minimum wage to the level of the Living Wage - £7.85/hour outside of London. By 2020, we want to increase the minimum wage to £10. After 2020, we want it linked to rises in the cost of living. Raising the minimum wage to living wage levels would benefit an estimated 5.2 million people – 17% of the working population – and bring in a fairer society where fewer workers are trapped in poverty pay conditions.
