TUC unveils plan for £15 minimum wage as cost-of-living crisis bites

Government promise of ‘high wage economy’ needs more than ‘wishful thinking’, unions say

TUC chief Frances O’Grady (PA)

Trade unions have published a roadmap to raise the minimum wage to £15 an hour and warned that the government's promised "high-wage economy" needs more than "wishful thinking".

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) proposal says a £15 minimum wage is needed "as soon as possible", with an escalating cost-of-living crisis hitting after years of wage stagnation.

"Millions of low-paid workers live wage packet to wage packet, struggling to get by – and they are now being pushed to the brink by eye-watering bills and soaring prices," TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said.