Sunday, July 08, 2018

The wages gap


The income of people who earn more than £150,000 a year has increased by 89% under the Conservative government. The figures also showed the total income of those earning under £20,000 a year has risen by 1.8% in the same period.

HM Revenue and Customs data which shows the total income of this group has gone up from £3.7bn in 2010/11 to £7bn in 2015/16.

Over 400,000 people in Scotland earn less than the living wage.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-44752555

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