📣The new real Living Wage rates are out today meaning a pay-rise for hundreds of thousands of workers! £14.10 across the UK and £15.45 in London.
We’re proud to be one of growing movement of nearly 17,000 UK employers who are leading the way on decent pay for our
employees.
The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate independently calculated and rooted in what is needed to cover living costs and
live with stability and security.
- Half a million workers are set for a pay boost worth over £1,250 a year as nearly 17,000 employers are signed up to pay the real Living Wage, including IKEA, Uniqlo and Everton FC. One in seven UK employees works for a Living Wage Employer.
- This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Living Wage campaign, which has secured nearly £5bn in extra wages for low-paid workers since it began.
- The new real Living Wage rates are now worth over £2,700 more per year in the UK than the legal minimum, and over £5,300 more in London.
Almost half a million people working for nearly 17,000 real Living Wage Employers throughout the country are set for a vital pay boost, as the voluntary real Living Wage rates rise to £14.10 an hour across the UK (65p or 4.8% increase), and £15.45 an hour in London (65p or 4.4% increase).
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the campaign for a real Living Wage. New figures show that since the campaign began it has secured nearly £5bn of pay rises for low paid workers and made a profound difference to millions of lives around the UK. Nearly £700m went back into the pockets of workers in the last year alone.
Full-time workers on the real Living Wage will receive a pay rise worth over £1,250 this year thanks to the new rates.
Living Wage Foundation analysis shows that a full-time worker earning the new, real Living Wage would earn over £2,700 a year more than a worker earning the current government minimum. This extra cash could cover eight months of food for a household or five months of housing and energy costs.
In London, full-time workers on the new London Living Wage will earn over £5,300 a year more than the government minimum, enough to pay for 16 months of food costs or six months of housing and energy costs.