of the biggest companies in the country, have signed up to a voluntary scheme to pay what's described as a real living wage, worked out by the charity the living wage foundationstantially more than the legal minimum wage set by the government of £7.83 per hour if you are over 25. employers signed up to the voluntary scheme will raise wages by 25p an hour to £9 an hour, and by 35p per hour for staff working in london. this year, we've seen private rental costs go up, council tax go up, public transport has got more expensive, and the basic price of the sort of basic goods you buy in your supermarket shop has also gone up. all of that has come together to mean that people need more this year to meet their basic costs of living. other costs have been rising, such as in the case of a chippie, potatoes, squeezing employers' profit margins. the price of your fish and chips pays for a lot more than just fish and chips and may have to rise to fund living wages for staff. we need to increase our staff salary because the cost of living is going up. and it's london prices, london rents, transport, travelling — it is expensive. and it's not fair on them. we want quality

of the biggest employers in the country, have signed up to a voluntary scheme to pay what's described as a real living wage, worked out by the charity the living wage foundationr hour if you are over 25. employers signed up to the voluntary scheme will raise wages by 25p an hour to £9 an hour. and by 35p per hour for staff working in london. this year we've seen private rental costs go up, council tax go up, public transport has got more expensive, and the basic price of the sort of basic goods you buy in your supermarket shop has also gone up. all of that has come together to mean that people need more this year to meet their basic costs of living. other costs have been rising, such as in the case of a chippie, potatoes, squeezing employers' profit margins. the price of your fish and chips pays for a lot more than just fish and chips and may have to rise to fund a living wages for staff. we need to increase our staff salary because of the cost of living going up. and it's london prices, london rents, transport, travelling — it is expensive. and it's not fair on them. we want quality people to work here, and we need to pay a fair wage. premiership football cl

living wage in the uk, you could be set for a pay rise this week. the minimum hourly rate will rise to £9 across the uk and to £10.55 in london. lola mcevoy from the living wage foundation not all companies abide by the living wage, what percentage have you got on board? that's right, i rate is voluntarily paid by a700 uk businesses, they stepped up to go further than the government minimum because the real living wage is based on the cost of living. it has nothing to do with the government minimum despite the government minimum despite the government minimum being called the national living wage, it was renamed a couple of years ago because of the success of years ago because of the success of ourcampaign, it of years ago because of the success of our campaign, it isn't a living wage, it doesn't have anything to do with living costs, iris is based on living costs, you have the real living costs, you have the real living wage of £9 an hour today, in london, £10 35 p. great for those who are the beneficiaries but that's still a small number of those in the workforce. what will it take for more businesses to sign up? the campaign has been going since 2001 and has had huge

tess lanning is the direcotr of the living wage foundation who campaign to get employers to pay the realg in. tell us more about how you set it because we heard you say in your report but the cost of living has gone up in areas which mean people are being stretched. you have put up the weight accordingly. there is a piece of breach of that asked the public what people need to meet their basic needs. we take that, we looked at 17 different family types and we work out best out at a full—time work and their family need to make ends meet. 5000 companies are paying the living wage, the national living wage. in terms of its being proportion, it is a small proportion. how do you persuade others to do is because we are hearing in our report as when a company does this it impacts on them having to put up prices. there is still a huge amount to do, one in five jobs across the country still pay less than a real living wage. that is why we need more employers to go further than the government's minimum. the 4700 employers who are paying it, they tell a citizenjust about affordable but it can lead t

of the biggest companies in the country, have signed up to a voluntary scheme to pay what's described as a real living wage, worked out by the charity the living wage foundationur to £9 an hour, and by 35p per hour for staff working in london. this year, we've seen private rental costs go up, council tax go up, public transport has got more expensive, and the basic price of the sort of basic goods you buy in your supermarket shop has also gone up. all of that has come together to mean that people need more this year to meet their basic costs of living. other costs have been rising, such as in the case of a chippie, potatoes, squeezing employers' profit margins. the price of your fish and chips pays for a lot more than just fish and chips and may have to rise to fund living wages for staff. we need to increase our staff salary because the cost of living is going up. and it's london prices, london rents, transport, travelling — it is expensive. and it's not fair on them. we want quality people to work here, and we need to pay a fair wage. premiership football clubs are under pressure, because what they pay top players, up to £300,000 per week, is nearly 1,000 t

the legally—binding "national living wage" of £7.83 per hour. 0ur correspondent joe miller explains. wages are growing faster than the cost of basic good5 and unemployment has gone down. but the living wage foundationess than is needed to make ends meet. i have to look better at things, the prices, and go for what i can really afford, like, meat—wise, beef is out of the question. the boss says he can't afford to give staff a raise without increasing prices. and almost 5,000 businesses already are paying more than they have to by law, and are committed to a rate set from today, that rate goes up by 35p an hour to £10.55 in london, and by 25p an hour to £9 in the rest of the uk. the government's minimum wage won't reach those levels for at least three years. this year, we have seen private rental costs go up, council tax go up, public transport has got more expensive, and the basic price of the basic goods that you buy in the supermarket shop has also gone up. all of that has come together to mean that people need more this year to meet the basic cost of living. big firms like ikea, google and hsbc pay the living wage, but the charity says more private companies and even public sector organisations n

lola mcevoy is from the living wage foundation — the group that set this idea up. the lucky ones. we heard from lush, they are the employers taking a stand against low pgy- employers taking a stand against low pay. we still have a long way to go. as you mentioned, the national living wage was introduced a few yea rs living wage was introduced a few years to go and george osborne did use that language because of the success of our campaign. the national living wage, while we welcome any income, isn't a living wage, no way based on the cost of living and doesn't take living costs into its calculation at all. while we absolutely welcome any high statutory minimum, what we need to make clear it to everybody is that the real living wage is independently calculated based on living cost and that is why there is a higher loving —— higher living wage of £10 per hours. by law, companies do not have to pay the amount that you think is fair to give people a standard of living thatis give people a standard of living that is halfway decent? that is absolutely right. the minimum,

of the biggest companies in the country, have signed up to a voluntary scheme to pay what‘s described as a real living wage, worked out by the charity the living wage foundationhan just fish and chips and may have to rise to fund living wages for staff. we need to increase our staff salary, because the cost of living is going up. and it‘s london prices, london rents, transport, travelling — it is expensive. and it‘s not fair on them. we want quality people to work here, and we need to pay a fair wage. premiership football clubs are under pressure, because what they pay top players, up to £300,000 per week, it‘s nearly a thousand times as much as they pay to casual and contract workers on minimum wage. while four premiership clubs have signed up to pay all staff the living wage, many top playing clubs, such as manchester united and manchester city, still haven‘t. andy verity, bbc news. now let‘s returned to the issue of knives. for more on this we can now speak to two young men involved in grass roots efforts in sheffield, to combat the growth of knife crime. anthony olasenday‘s work in the community led him to establish the anti—violence keep sheffield stainl

the national living wage. also extra money for the national health service. put it this way, i would disagree with the assessment of the resolution foundation.fair description of the budget and i'm sticking up for philip hammond. i am wondering why this is on the front page footer thatis this is on the front page footer that is my question and argument.|j would that is my question and argument.” would have no question about why the mail on sunday with want to bash the bbc. that is beyond me. let's go back to the observer. this is an interesting issue about parents and staff, raising concern about gender identity clinic. this is a delicate issue. there complaint is that they think that young people between 17 and 25 are being pushed through this definition to quickly in their opinion, this is parents. that is fascinating to me because i wonder why parents are saying there is about people who are 17 to 24. i would love to know what the 17 to 25—year—olds are saying. these are not exactly children, they are adults. so, why are parents up in arms about it? i do not quite understand why and i would like to hear... we need to know. it is a very to