Catherine McKinnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Treasury Minister, to a report from the Resolution Foundation report showing the number of employees in low-paid work across Britain increased to just over five million people, said:

“These figures show that too many people are in low-paid jobs under this Government. Working people are over £1600 a year worse off since the last election which is why most people are still not feeling the recovery.

“Labour’s economic plan will create more good jobs and make work pay. We will raise the minimum wage to £8 an hour by 2020 and give businesses tax incentives to pay the living wage. We will also boost vocational education and apprenticeships, expand free childcare for working parents and introduce a lower 10p starting rate of tax.

“In contrast, the Tories only stand up for a privileged few. They want to cut tax credits again for millions of working families while keeping a £3 billion a year tax cut for the top one per cent.”