Living Wage Week Articles

This week Heathrow became the UK's first airport to be accredited as a living wage employer. Parmjit Dhanda says the knock-on effects will be huge The fight for more jobs and better wages has been intrinsic to the values of the Labour party throughout its history. As...

Offering incentives for businesses to pay the living wage has shown to be an effective way for councils to work with private sector to enact transformational social change, writes Dan Crawford When I had the privilege of being elected onto Ealing council for the Acton...

This week the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, unveiled the new hourly rate for the London living wage at the start of Living Wage Week. Nationally, the living wage rate has reached £8.45 per hour. In London, recognising the expenses associated with living and working in...

We have been championing the living wage for some time now, and I am proud that Lewisham council was one of the first local authorities in the country to become an accredited living wage employer in 2012. I am pleased that other local authorities have since followed...