Early Day Motion·EDM 938

IMPLEMENTING THE LIVING WAGE

17 January 201316 Signatures

Motion Text

That this House notes that two independent think tanks, the Resolution Foundation and the Institute for Public Policy Research, conclude that implementing the living wage would save the Government 2 billion a year in welfare benefit reductions; and calls on the Government to legislate to implement the living wage, currently 7.45 an hour outside London and 8.55 in the capital, replacing the current minimum wage of 6.14 an hour.