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Low wage or living wage - a battle for survival

Introduction
Why is the minimum wage not enough?
What is a Living Wage?
How are the churches responding?
What can I do?

Give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
Proverbs 30:8-9

Work is traditionally considered to be the best route to prosperity. However, it is increasingly evident that even if people work, they and their children are not necessarily free of poverty.

It is astonishing that in a wealthy society like the UK, people who work full-time can still live close to the margin of subsistence.

This is called in-work poverty : people earn less than they need to ensure a decent standard of living. A significant contribution to

"I work five nights a week but I still have to share a two- bedroom flat with five others and sleep on the floor. We're so scared of the bailiff coming in and taking away what little we have that we can't even open the door."

A London Underground cleaner
this problem is low pay. To address the issue, campaigners and churches are calling for the Government and employers to provide a living wage.

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