Hitting workers in their pockets will choke any chance of economic recovery - Anneliese Dodds

Anneliese Dodds MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, responding to reports a raise to the national living wage is to be scrapped until next year, said:

“It’s astonishing that the government can clap for our key workers one day and then u-turn on a promised pay rise for the lowest paid the next – especially during a second national lockdown.

“It’s another irresponsible choice by a Chancellor who’s choking off any chance of recovery by hitting workers in their pockets.”

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak ‘is set to cancel proposed 5.6% rise in the national living wage for two million workers’ amid fears it could force firms hit by Covid-19 out of business -

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8980223/Rishi-Sunak-set-cancel-proposed-5-6-rise-national-living-wage-two-million-workers.html