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May 2026

  • A Coop store

    Mutual retailer triples boss’s pay to £2.2m despite fall in profits

  • Heather Stewart

    Economics viewpoint
    double quotation markFrom fringe issue to the heart of politics: the UK Living Wage campaign marks 25 years of success

    Heather Stewart

April 2026

  • Commuters walk across London Bridge

    UK unemployment shows surprise fall to 4.9% as pay growth drops to lowest in five years

    Bank of England expected to keep interest rates on hold as Iran war casts shadow over labour market

February 2026

  • Gaby Hinsliff

    double quotation markStudent debt is a generational injustice. Why are we squeezing graduates harder than the super-rich?

    Gaby Hinsliff
    Reform of this stealth tax is long overdue – and with it, a shake-up of the whole university system, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
  • Plastic models of a man and woman standing on a pile of coins and bank notes.

    UK’s gender pay gap ‘won’t close for 30 years’ at current rates

    Trades Union Congress says women have worked a month and a half for nothing this year and legislation is needed
  • Prof Brian Bell

    Reeves appoints higher pay advocate to fight skills shortages as chief economic adviser

    Labour market expert Prof Brian Bell has called for better pay and conditions in key sectors, particularly social care

January 2026

  • Megan Greene speaks wearing light blue dre

    Strong UK pay growth could limit interest rate cuts, Bank policymaker warns

  • The towers in the heart of the City of London on a grey December day

    FTSE 100 CEOs earn more than average worker’s yearly pay by noon on 6 January

December 2025

  • BP petrol station

    BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff

    Exclusive: Plans to offset increase in minimum ‘fair pay’ set by Living Wage Foundation will affect 5,400 employees

November 2025

  • Man opening a wallet

    Time for doctors to face salary reality

    Letter: Bob Forster doesn’t think an anaesthetist’s wage is unreasonable. Plus a letter from Martin Ryle

October 2025

  • Three young women, one with pram, walking outside Uniqlo store

    Real living wage to rise by almost 7% in boost for low-paid UK workers

    Hourly rate to increase by 95p to £14.80 in London and by 85p to £13.45 for the rest of the country
  • a gaucho restaurant branch lit up at night

    Gaucho chain to slash waiters’ share of service charge and boost head office pay

    Restaurant group plans to cut share as low as 17% for new waiting staff, with office workers among those benefiting

    • Parliamentary staff of colour earn £2,000 less than white colleagues, study suggests

    • DPD couriers face substantial earnings loss from cut in delivery payments

    • ‘Motherhood penalty’ costs women an average £65,618 in pay by time first child turns five

August 2025

  • One-pound coins and cash bank notes.

    UK gender pay gap underestimated for two decades, report says

    Findings suggest since 2004 ONS failed to properly account for fact it received more data from larger employers
  • A man holds a microphone to a women wearing shirt and tie while he record the interview on a smartphone

    ‘What do you earn?’ How Instagram and TikTok influencers sent a taboo question viral

    New wave of content creators say they hope to increase pay transparency by questioning people in the street

    • Record salaries for UK chief executives as pay rises for third year in a row

    • UK employers cut back on bonuses and hiring as economic slowdown hits jobs market

    • Rising job losses and cooling wage growth pose a challenge for Rachel Reeves

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