Osborne’s Living Wage will narrow the pay gap, but won’t help the very poorest families
New research shows that the biggest beneficiaries of the new wage will be households in the middle of the bottom wage distribution
Ruby Stockham
Ruby Stockham was formerly a staff writer at Left Foot Forward. She has a Masters degree in Modern Literature and was the winner of The Spectator's 2013 prize for travel writing.
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