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Haringey has the worst wages in the UK, according to research
- author, Noah Vickers
- role, Local democracy reporter
According to the report, the five worst regions for low-wage jobs are all in London.
Research by the Living Wage Foundation (LWF) has found that the capital’s five boroughs are the worst in the country in terms of the proportion of jobs that do not pay the ‘real living wage’.
LWF says the real living wage rate is “the only wage rate in the UK that is independently calculated based on the cost of living”.
Every year, it publishes new tax rates for workers in outer London, and higher rates in inner London, reflecting the rising cost of living in the capital.
The foundation currently calculates the living hourly wage to be £13.15 in London and £12 in the rest of the UK.
The report found that the area with the highest proportion of workers not paid the real living wage was Haringey, where almost a third (32.7%) earned less than that. Ta.
This was followed by Brent (29.5%), Waltham Forest (28.8%), Bexley (28.5%) and Redbridge (28.2%).
The rest of the top 10 were Hyndburn in Lancashire, Harrow in London, Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, East Lindsey in Lincolnshire and Thanet in Kent.
LWF is encouraging businesses and other organizations to voluntarily pay calculated hourly wages, and is supported by city halls.
South-east England and Scotland fared best, despite just over 10% of workers not receiving the real living wage.
This report was produced as part of the Making London a Living Wage City project, led by LWF and in partnership with Citizens UK.
Dr Simon Woodman, vicar of Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church and leader of British Citizens, said: ‘All of us who live in London will know first-hand how the cost of living has increased in recent times. However, those living with a similarly low cost of living said, “salaries incur far more personal costs than others.” ”
A Ministry of Industry and Trade spokesperson said millions of workers will benefit from April’s “biggest ever increase to the national minimum wage”.
This statutory rate for over-21s is set to rise to £11.44 an hour.