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In Photos: Living Wage Week 2025 kicks off at London Stadium

In Photos: Living Wage Week 2025 kicks off at London Stadium

On Monday 10th November 2025, community leaders kicked off Living Wage Week at London Stadium, sharing stories on the difference a real Living Wage makes for workers and businesses.

Community leaders, member institutions and businesses gathered together to celebrate the real Living Wage movement and the achievements of the Making London a Living Wage City Campaign. An awards ceremony celebrated key players in the movement, from newly accredited businesses to long-term advocates.
The event celebrated the progress made by the Living Wage movement in the capital - there are now 4,300 Living Wage Employers across the city with 150,000 workers benefitting from an annual pay rise as a result - and also reflected on what more needs to be done to protect Londoners from in-work poverty.

Speakers included Living Wage Foundation Director Katherine Chapman, Deputy Mayor of London for Business & Growth Howard Dawber OBE, Newham Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz OBE, and pupils from St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School, who hosted a panel discussion.

Katherine Chapman, Director of the Living Wage Foundation
Rokhsana Fiaz, Mayor of Newham
Howard Dawber, Deputy Mayor of London for Business & Growth
Community leader Olawale Ajibola spoke about his involvement in the Living Wage movement when working as a part-time cleaner for London Stadium.
The event saw the Deputy Mayor present a ‘Hall of Fame’ award to Nkem Okoli, a care worker who has been instrumental to Citizens UK's campaign for a real Living Wage for social care workers.
Whilst there were many achievements to celebrate, employers were also encouraged to consider their next commitments to the movement by filling out pledge cards, whether that be spreading the word to other organisations, becoming an accredited real Living Wage employer themselves, or even going further and pledging to become an accredited Living Hours or Living Pensions employer.

The Making London a Living Wage City project is working to tackle issues of low pay and insecure work through Living Wage and Living Hours accreditations.

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Posted by Salomé Revault d'Allonnes on 11 Nov, 2025