Real wages down by £100 a month compared to this time last year, new ONS figures show

Commenting on today’s (Tuesday) labour market figures published by the ONS, which show real wages falling by 4 per cent (on CPI measure), TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

“Every worker deserves a decent standard of living. But pay packets continue to be eaten up by inflation.

“Millions of families face a bleak winter unless we get wages rising across the economy.

“Instead of handing out bungs to bankers and big business, the government should be focussed on getting money into workers’ pockets.

“That means lifting the minimum wage to £15 an hour as soon as possible, funding decent pay rises for all public sector workers, and allowing unions to go into every workplace to negotiate proper pay rises for all working people.

“That’s the best way to jumpstart our economy and to deliver sustainable growth.”