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National Living Wage 5 Years Behind

Published / Last Updated on 16/09/2015

Video: National Living Wage announced in Summer Budget 2015 is 5 years behind given that the Living Wage is already over £9hr in London and nearly £8hr rest of the UK yet the Government plans to not hit this target until 2020.

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