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The Living Wage: The right answer to low pay?: The Living Wage: The right answer to low pay?

The 'living wage' campaign has been successful in raising wage levels for some of the poorest, as well as effectively galvanising diverse campaigners. However, in this Freethinking briefing paper, Fran Bennett and Ruth Lister consider whether the living wage is...

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The ‘living wage’ campaign has been successful in raising wage levels for some of the poorest, as well as effectively galvanising diverse campaigners. However, in this Freethinking briefing paper, Fran Bennett and Ruth Lister consider whether the living wage is the right way to tackle low pay.

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Authors

Fran Bennett

Fran Bennett is a senior research and teaching fellow at the University of Oxford, and an independent consultant. She writes in a personal capacity.

Baroness Lister

Baroness Ruth Lister is a Labour peer and emeritus professor of social policy at Loughborough University. She currently chairs the Compass management committee.

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