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“86 per cent of [Big Four supermarket] employees (interviewed across four regions and 32 stores) are not receiving either the London Living Wage, or, outside of the capital, the UK Living Wage. More than half said they didn’t earn enough to live on, with nearly a fifth that they could no longer afford new shoes or clothes for their children.”

Shelf-stackers aren’t the only victims: The cost to the state of subsidising low pay with tax credits and housing benefit is huge (via tooyoungforthelivingdead)

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