In an article about inequality in Cambridge, a spokesman for Cambridge University claimed that a survey in November found 21 colleges to be paying at least £9 an hour (“Beyond the colleges, UK’s most unequal city battles poverty”, News). Worse still, the cost of living in Cambridge is much higher than the national average from which the £9.30 living wage rate is calculated. Poverty pay and insecurity are endemic among Cambridge colleges. They have a responsibility to their workers to pay the Cambridge living wage, join Queens’ and Girton in accrediting with the Living Wage Foundation¬ and provide fair conditions to all workers. Jake Simms, Chloe Newbold, Ben Margolis and Sam FestensteinCambridge University Living Wage CampaignI appreciated the impetus of Donna Ferguson’s piece on Cambridge inequality, which was both timely and necessary.

Source: The Guardian January 19, 2020 06:00 UTC