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£3.85bn boost | 16,000 employers now paying the real Living Wage

16,000 employers now paying the real Living Wage

More than 16,000 UK employers have now signed up to pay the real Living Wage - the UK’s only wage rate based on the cost of living - new figures show.

This milestone comes as a new study from Cardiff Business School reveals the movement’s far-reaching impact on workers and employers, with more than half a million workers having benefitted from pay increases thanks to the Living Wage scheme.

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