Fair pay for work should be our right

NO one who goes to work every day should have to put up with the indignity of living in poverty.

Despite being the fifth richest country in the world, one in five Brits still struggles to make ends meet.

Twenty years ago, less than a third of people living in poverty in my city worked. Today it is nearly two thirds – including a disproportionately high number of people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. This is totally unacceptable. We must take action against the growing problem of in-work poverty.

Everyone who does a hard day’s work should always be rewarded with a fair day’s pay. This should be a basic right.