Opposition leader says some commitments were made before ‘the Tories did enormous damage to the economy’Starmer is summing up the Labour offer.This Labour party with Rachel Reeves as chancellor will value every pound...
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Read MoreGovernment accepts Low Pay Commission’s recommendation of 6.6% increaseThe UK’s “national living wage” is go up to £9.50 an hour from next April, meaning a pay rise for millions of low-paid...
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Read MoreFrances O’Grady calls for pay rise pledge to be met, amid speculation it will be scrappedThe head of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has denounced a possible freezing of the national living wage as “totally...
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