The rate will increase by 30p-an-hour to £9.30, and by 20p in London to £10.75, with the number of employers signing up to pay the living wage increasing to almost 6,000.
The Living Wage Foundation, which sets the rates, said they were now £1.09-an-hour higher than the statutory minimum wage of £8.21 for adults, and £2.54 higher in London.
Workers will receive the news on Monday, although the new rates will be brought in over the next few months.
A record 1,500 employers have accredited with the foundation this year, including Crystal Palace Football Club, Welsh Water and Newcastle University as well as a number of local authorities.
More than a third of companies in the FTSE 100 pay the living wage.
Most Rev Justin Welby said: “Living Wage Week 2019 is a moment to celebrate what can be done when faith organisations, civil society and businesses pull together around values that unite us.
“With thousands of employers now accredited by the Living Wage Foundation, it’s no longer just a campaign, it’s a movement that is transforming lives.”
According to The Daily Mirror, he also lamented impact poverty has on hard-working people and said everyone deserves “to live with dignity, freedom and hope”.
“For people to be trapped in poverty, even as they work long hours to provide for themselves and their families, is a fundamental injustice,” Archbishop Justin…
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