Over 30,000 low-paid workers are in line for a pay rise of up to £400 per year as increases to the London Living Wage and UK Living Wage were announced today, at the start of Living Wage Week 2013. The London living wage is increasing from £8.55 an hour to £8.80. Outside the capital, the voluntary rate will go up by 20p an hour, to £7.65 – higher than the legal minimum wage of £6.31 an hour for over 21s. The living wage is independently set each year according to the basic cost of living in the UK and a…
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