New Real Living Wage rates to give almost half a million UK workers a pay boost
Summary
Almost half a million UK workers are to get a pay boost as the Real Living Wage rises, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported on Thursday 15 October. The new hourly rates will benefit workers at almost 17,000 employers who pay the Real Living Wage, according to both outlets, and The Independent named Ikea and Uniqlo among the companies that pay it. The Real Living Wage will rise by 65p per hour, according to the Manchester Evening News, which said hundreds of thousands of UK workers are set to be '£1,250 better off'.
Latest: The Real Living Wage will rise by 65p per hour, according to the Manchester Evening News, and the new hourly rates will give a pay boost to almost half a million workers at almost 17,000 employers who pay it, among them Ikea and Uniqlo, according to The Independent and the Evening Standard.
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How it unfolded
Thursday 15 October
The Real Living Wage will rise by 65p per hour, according to the Manchester Evening News, and the new hourly rates will give a pay boost to almost half a million workers at almost 17,000 employers who pay it, among them Ikea and Uniqlo, according to The Independent and the Evening Standard.
- 01:00Manchester Evening NewsMajor pay rise confirmed for hundreds of thousands of UK workers set to be '£1,250 better off'
Wednesday 14 October
- 19:02Evening StandardHow much is the Real Living Wage going up by in London?
- 19:01The IndependentIncreases to Real Living Wage hourly rates
- 19:01Evening StandardIncreases to Real Living Wage hourly rates
- 19:01The IndependentHalf a million UK workers to get pay boost as real living wage rises