Almost 800 Welsh businesses have been caught failing to pay the minimum wage over the last six years – but not a single one has been prosecuted, Plaid Cymru has discovered. ... full story

PLAID Cymru AM Leanne Wood has criticised the HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs) for trying to keep secret details of where firms who breach the minimum wage are based. ... full story

On April 1st the National Minimum Wage is 10 years old. Paul Blomfield, Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Sheffield Central, has welcomed the anniversary and has thrown his support behind a campaign to improve and strengthen the Minimum Wage. Paul Blomfield said: "10 years ago on 1 April 1999 the Minimum Wage came into force and since then has improved the living standards of all those on...

The minimum wage in the UK at the moment appears to be £5.52 an hour and in the U.S.A., the federal minimum wage is $5.85 per hour, effective July 24, 2007. Proponents say that the net effect of a minimum wage policy guarantees a base living standard for all workers, does not significantly effect unemployment, increases work ethic, stimulates the economy through consumer buying, decreases so...

I think they could be more of a Labour party, but I think overall we have been a LABOUR government, yes. Minimum wage, the largest ever redistribution of wealth under any government, SureStart, EMA's, a Minimum wage, easier conditions for trade union recognition, Social Chapter, child trust funds, equal rights for agency workers, a Minimum wage, devolution, near total abolition of hereditarie...

Citizens UK brilliantly confronted the party leaders in the election with miserably poor Treasury cleaners in their campaign for a living wage. They succeeded in squeezing from Labour a promise that a living wage minimum of £7.20 would be paid to all Whitehall staff, even the outsourced. If the Lib Dem policy of raising the income

Following their report A Fairer London, the GLA has announced that Boris is raising the Living Wage for London to £7.45. This is 25p higher than the previous Living Wage and 35% higher than the national minimum wage. In a statement, they report that “one in seven employees receive less than the £6.50” and “one in [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A Lift In The Living Wage for Lon...

Campaigns for fair pay are fast gaining strength, attracting the kind of supporters Labour should be wooing New Labour desperately needs to adopt ideas which not only embody its commitment to social justice but also unleash fresh political enthusiasm and grass-roots activity in communities across the UK. Championing the Living Wage movement would fulfil both these critical needs. The minimum wage ...

Vale of Clwyd AM, Ann Jones has tabled a Statement of Opinion at the Assembly marking the 10th Anniversary of the National Minimum Wage. Labour’s groundbreaking introduction of the minimum wage has been a major step in overcoming poverty and ending the tyranny of low pay. When the National Minimum Wage came into being, wages of as little as £1.20 an hour were common and legal – t...

Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray today pledged to introduce a "living wage" and bring an end to "poverty pay" if he ousts Alex Salmond in May.