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This is the tenth annual update on employee jobs paid below the Living Wage and the second produced by Living Wage Foundation.This report has been produced by the Living Wage Foundation, using…

This report seeks to take forward the work of the Foundation's Living Wage Places' initiative, focusing on how to maximise the benefits of the Living Wage in towns, cities and city-regions across…

With almost three-quarters of care workers in England earning below the real Living Wage, the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for care workers to be paid a real Living Wage. The…

Covid-19 provided a pertinent reminder of the critical role played by the UK third sector. In financial terms, the pandemic was a perfect storm for low income households, with many facing cuts to…

This report shares some overarching lessons learnt from our Global Living Wage Network. The report also documents the different Living Wage approaches of a number of countries initiatives (UK,…

This report looks at the scale of insecure and low paid work in the UK, the impact of Covid-19 on insecure workers and includes polling which reveals the impact of short notice periods for shifts…