Fifth 'paid less than living wage'
A study has found that one in five British workers are paid less than the living wage.
Lower paid workers hit hardest - KPMG
Accountancy firm KPMG says that at a time of economic hardship, lower paid workers are feeling the impact hardest with more than 4 in 10 saying that their finances are worse now than they were just one month ago.
The living wage is a voluntary rate of pay that some employers give their staff. KPMG says that since 2001 it has positively impacted more than 10,000 employees and their families and redistributed over £96 million to some of the lowest paid workers in the UK.
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