To mark Living Wage Week which is currently taking place, Gavin Newlands, SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has called on the Tory UK Government to take action to bring their ‘fake’ National Living Wage up to the level of the Real Living Wage to make a real difference. The UK Government’s so called ‘National Living Wage’ of £7.50 only applies to those over 25, and is currently nearly £1 an hour lower than the Real Living Wage. With those under the age of 25 entitled

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