Nearly a quarter of Yorkshire residents in working poverty, finds report

Around  24%, of employees in Yorkshire  - 502,000 employees - are still earning below the real Living Wage, according to a new report published today by KPMG.
The research, conducted by IHS Markit for KPMG, found that the total number earning below the real Living Wage is down slightly by 100,000 compared to last year, when an estimated 22% of all jobs and 5.6m roles paid less than the real Living Wage.  This is the first reduction in five years, b... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
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