The Tories finally deliver on Osborne’s living wage promise,but this is a masterclass in political deceit When George Osborne promised Britain a pay rise in the summer of 2015, fresh from electoral victory over Ed Miliband, and he pledged a “national living wage” in an attempt to steal a march on his defeated opponent. Three years later,his promise means more than 2 million workers received an inflation-beating pay rise of 4.4% on Easter Sunday, as the living wage rose for the moment time; from £7.50 per hour to 7.83 for those over the age of 25. The increase amounts to more than £600 per year for full-time workers on basic pay.
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Source: guardian.co.uk