Rayner’s Department Employing Staff Below London Living Wage – Guido Fawkes

Rayner’s Department Employing Staff Below London Living Wage

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With Labour boasting about its hike of the over-21 minimum wage from £11.44 to £12.21 – coming into force next month – Guido has been keeping an eye on the Labour cabinet’s ability to stick to pay policies it was once keen on. They are struggling…

Angela Rayner’s housing department has been forced to reveal in a parliamentary question posed by Kevin Hollinrake that it is engaging “a small number of interns” and a “small number of contractors” at below the London Living Wage rate of £13.85. Minister Alex Norris shifts the blame: “Salaries for these roles are set centrally by the Cabinet Office.” Finger pointed at Pat McFadden…

It was only a few years ago in 2019 that Rayner joined striking civil servants in a protest over the government’s failure to pay the London Living Wage:

“Out on the picket line this morning showing my support for Public and Commercial Services trade union members who provide services to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The government have awarded contracts which don’t pay the London living wage, shameful stuff, what a fantastic group of workers, pay them what they deserve!”

Guido presumes the DPM will hit the streets to protest again. Was Rayner too busy in Ethiopia to notice?