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Living Wage employers in Glasgow Central constituency

EDM (Early Day Motion) 39: tabled on 09 November 2023

Tabled in the 2023-24 session.

This motion has been signed by 8 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House recognises that with 372 Living Wage accredited employers, Glasgow Central constituency has the highest numbers of Living Wage employers in the UK; acknowledges the importance of the work of the Living Wage Foundation in promoting and securing a real living wage for hundreds of thousands of low-paid workers across the four nations of the UK; affirms its support for the principle that every working person deserves to earn enough to live and prosper; expresses its concern that the Government continues to misuse the term living wage, applying it to the UK minimum wage rate for all staff over 25 years of age; notes that the UK minimum wage rate for staff over 25 years of age does not reflect the actual cost of living in the UK, unlike the real Living Wage calculated by the Living Wage Foundation; urges the Government to raise minimum wage in line with the real needs of employees and their families during this cost of living crisis; and applauds Living Wage-accredited employers in Glasgow Central constituency and across the nations of the UK for their commitment to fair work.