Real Living Wage rises


Low-paid workers received a boost when new real Living Wage rates for 2018-19 were revealed earlier this month.


The Living Wage Foundation announced the new hourly rate for the real Living Wage was £9 an hour – a 25p or 2.9% increase on the 2017-18 rate of £8.75.


London has its own rate and London mayor Sadiq Khan announced that the new rate of £10.55 an hour – a 35p or 3.4% increase.


At least 180,000 workers at over 4,700 Living Wage employers are set to benefit from the new rates.


Real Living Wage rates are independently calculated, based on what people need to live in the UK and London. The 2018 increases have been largely driven by higher transport costs, private rents and council tax feeding through to the basket of goods and services that underpin the rates.


https://www.livingwage.org.uk/news/news-real-living-wage-increases-2018