John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, responding to the Chancellor’s response to an independent review into the minimum wage, said:

“This is an insult to our hard working people. It’s a derisory offer which people will have to wait years for. Labour will immediately introduce a real living wage of £10 an hour for everyone 16 and over, outstripping every publicity stunt figure the Tories invent.”

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