Gary Lineker is accused of ‘mocking the poor’ with tweet on ‘taking a pay cut’ from his £1.3m wage

BBC star Gary Lineker was today accused of mocking the poor after joking about his £1.3million salary over an increase to the cost of the broadcaster’s licence fee. The former England player, 60, responded to news of the hike from £157.50 to £159 with ‘But, but I’ve just taken a pay cut’ and a zany … Read more

Rents in England branded unaffordable for young people on minimum wage

Rents in England ‘unaffordable’ for young people working on minimum wage, as average home accounts for nearly three quarters of earnings No region of England has rents that are affordable for under-25s working full-time on minimum wage, according to research from a major mortgage lender On average, 71% of their wages would have to go towards … Read more

Blake Shelton defends his song Minimum Wage after backlash: ‘I’m proud of it’

Multi-millionaire Blake Shelton calls criticism of his song Minimum Wage ‘absolutely ridiculous’ after backlash and says ‘I’m proud of it’ By Sarah Sotoodeh For Dailymail.com Published: 18:44 GMT, 15 January 2021 | Updated: 18:44 GMT, 15 January 2021 Blake Shelton is standing by his controversial new tune Minimum Wage, after facing a barrage of backlash … Read more

Criminal barrister, 27, says she earns LESS than minimum wage working 19 hour days 

Legal aid barrister, 27, who went to state school and put herself through university reveals she now earns LESS than minimum wage for working 19-hour days Alejandra Llorente Tascon, 27, from London, is a criminal defence barrister After expenses says earns less than national minimum wage of £8.72 per hour  Says lawyers are ‘turning their backs’ … Read more

Tesco tops list of firms who failed to pay staff the minimum wage

Tesco shamed for underpaying 78,000 workers: Red faces on day ex-boss Dave Lewis is knighted By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 30 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 30 December 2020 Tesco has been named and shamed by the Government for underpaying 78,199 workers by more than £5million. The supermarket chain, … Read more

Food delivery giant Just Eat offers its drivers an hourly wage

Gig economy is en route to deliver on pay: Food delivery giant Just Eat offers its drivers an hourly wage piling pressure on rivals to follow suit By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 9 December 2020 | Updated: 21:58 GMT, 9 December 2020 Millions of gig economy workers have had their … Read more

Heathrow staff are set to walk out tomorrow in first of four strikes over wage cuts

Heathrow staff are set to walk out tomorrow in the first of four strikes over ‘savage’ pay cuts as the aviation sector endures the worst crisis in its history.  Members of the Unite union, including firefighters and security staff, planned the 24-hour strikes following a dispute over what union bosses described as the west London … Read more

Nurses and doctors are spared public sector wage freeze

Public sector pay will be frozen next year – but nurses, doctors and the lowest-paid will still get a rise, Rishi Sunak said yesterday. The Chancellor said he could not justify a ‘significant, across-the-board’ hike for the public sector given the difficulties faced by private firms. Many businesses, particularly in retail and hospitality, have been devastated … Read more

We love being paid a mummy salary by our hubbies! Wives insist being given a ‘wage’ is empowering

A generation or two ago, a woman going cap in hand to her husband for ‘housekeeping’ money or ‘a little something to keep me pretty’, without earning a penny herself, was pretty much the norm. Nowadays, most wives would baulk at the idea of being in the pay of her other half. Yet, in some marriages, … Read more

I’m A Celebrity pay packets ‘revealed’ as ‘Vernon Kay bags the highest wage with £150k’

The pay packets of this year’s I’m A Celebrity contestants have reportedly been revealed with Vernon Kay coming out on top as the highest earner, while AJ Pritchard will bag the lowest wage. Though the official line-up for the ITV show has yet to be unveiled, a host of celebrities of stars including Vernon, AJ, … Read more