One Christian employer described news the rate will rise by 25p an hour to £9 outside London as a “wonderful day” for workers affected.
Tim Thorlby from Clean for Good – one of 4,700 UK voluntary living wage employers – told Premier the rate is a welcome alternative to the minimum wage.
He said: “The difference is, as the name suggests, that on a real living wage you can actually live on it. The issue with the minimum wage is that it’s now actually a poverty wage; you can’t live on it.”
“When I was in my 20s, poverty was associated with unemployment but today there are actually more people who are working every day in poverty. In work poverty has actually become a big deal.”
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— Living Wage Foundation (@LivingWageUK) November 5, 2018
The rate will rise by 35p per hour to £10.55 within London, according to the Living Wage Foundation – which said higher transport costs, private rents and council tax were attributing factors.
The Church Urban Fund – a charity set up by the Church of England to serve deprived areas of the country – welcomed the increase as a “positive step”.
Chief Executive, Canon Paul Hackwood told Premier the Bible supports fair pay for all.
He said: “We have this…
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