Study proves Britain needs a pay rise

‘TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady says economic recovery is being unfairly targeted at the rich at the expense of the low paid.

However many times the Chancellor says the opposite, we are not all in this together.

This shocking report shows that more than 10 million people now do not have enough money to enjoy a basic minimum standard of living.

Cuts in tax credits and the freeze in child benefit have driven millions of working households into poverty.

And soon even those who have paid in for years will be made to wait five weeks for benefits if they lose their job.’

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