Gavin Newlands, the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has today welcomed IKEA’s announcement that they will pay all of their workers a Living Wage from 1st April 2016. IKEA’s has opted to pay their workers the Living Wage of £8.25 as recommended by the Living Wage foundation, as opposed to the UK Government’s statutory ‘National Living Wage’ of £7.20 which only available for workers over the age of 25. Over 350 employees at IKEA Braehead, a store in Gavin Newlands MP’s c

Gavin Newlands, the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has today challenged the UK Government to commit to raising the National Minimum Wage for 18 to 20-year-olds and apprentices to at least £6.86 by 2020. The Renfrewshire MP has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, and has urged them to commit to raising the National Minimum Wage to at least £6.86 by 2020 for workers aged 18-20 a