Chuka Umunna MP, Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, commenting on Living Wage Week 2014 said:

“At a time when families have been hit by a cost-of-living crisis, we need to see more better-paid, high-skilled jobs which pay a Living Wage. The majority of people living in poverty in Britain today have a job, and there are more than five million people in work who are earning less than a Living Wage.

“Living Wage Week and the Living Wage Foundation have played a hugely important role in promoting the Living Wage. It is welcome that more businesses have signed up to become Living Wage employers this week, but we need to see faster progress. That’s why the next Labour government will provide new incentives for firms to pay a Living Wage, helping them raise productivity, alongside setting a more ambitious target for the minimum wage.”