Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - The Coronavirus Briefing Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailMore than five million people, including 1.3 million key workers, are paid less than the Real Living Wage, research reveals today. Eighteen per cent of black, Asian and ethnic minority workers were on less than the Real Living Wage compared to 15% of white workers, according to the study by the Living Wage Foundation and New Economics Foundation. But Living Wage Foundation director Katherine Chapman said: “Even before the crisis, millions of people were trapped and struggling to make ends meet.”GMB union acting general secretary John Phillips called it a “travesty”. The legal minimum rate – the National Living Wage – is £8.72 an hour, falling to £8.20 for those aged 21 to 24, and just £6.45 for those aged 18 to 20. The Centre for Social Justice found lowest skilled workers face 1980s-style dole queues and called for improvements to the adult skills training system.

Source: Daily Mirror June 14, 2020 23:00 UTC