Living Wage Campaign
‘An idea whose time has come’
- PMÂ David Cameron, May 2010
The Living Wage Campaign calls for every worker in the country to earn enough to provide their family with the essentials of life.
Launched by London Citizens in 2001, the campaign has won over £70 million of Living Wages, lifting over 10,000 families out of working poverty.
The Living Wage is a number. An hourly rate, set independently, every year (by the GLA in London). It is calculated according to cost of living and gives the minimum pay rate required for a worker to provide their family with the essentials of life.
In London the current rate is £8.30 per hour.
Outside of London the current rate is £7.20.
The Living Wage Foundation has now accredited over 100 Living Wage Employers.
Leading organizations like KPMG and Barclays, the Olympic Delivery Authority and the Greater London Authority have gone Living Wage and become influential advocates.
The Living Wage Campaign and the Living Wage Foundation work is funded primarily by the Trust for London.
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