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Working Poverty - Women in UK ‘more likely than men to be on low pay and struggling’
3rd March 2023
New research from the Living Wage Foundation finds that millions of women in the UK – often cleaners, catering staff and care workers – are likely to be trapped in low-paying, insecure and precarious jobs that pay below the real living wage. It is an important contribution to the debate about working poverty and the challenges facing households during the cost of living crisis. There are now more than 12,000 registered Living Wage employers in the UK.
Please read: Women in UK more likely than men to be on low pay and struggling
🎉12,000 Living Wage Employers!
— Living Wage Foundation (@LivingWageUK) February 23, 2023
We’re celebrating surpassing another milestone: 12,000 UK Living Wage Employers. Together, the movement has put more than £2bn back into the pockets of over 450,000 low-paid workershttps://t.co/0MV4q4vZhi pic.twitter.com/JCNQPlROGg
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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