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@al**bear wrote:

The REAL Living wage is way above Osbornes 'kiddy on' Living Wage

 

Why should the Government subsidise Businesses paying poverty wages (through in-Work benefits)

 

If you, as a business can't pay the real LIving wage -

 

Your Business model is wrong

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Couldn't agree more Al.

£7.20 is NOT a living wage, if businesses can only pay their staff what amounts to little more than slave wages then they are in the wrong business. Low wages leads to higher benefits, more crime, more black market trading, more poverty. A thriving economy depends on people spending money, not just on everyday goods that they need to survive but long term commitments. Who can raise a deposit for a house and secure a mortgage or invest in a new car when they are working for a pittance often on zero hours contracts? The inequality in this country is a scandal.