A rate increase for the voluntary scheme has been brought forward due to the rising cost of living.
Some 400,000 workers at businesses that have volunteered to pay the Real Living Wage are set to get a pay boost.
Energy bills, which have risen rapidly because of high oil and gas prices, will rise further in October, although they will be limited byKatherine Chapman, director of the Living Wage Foundation, said millions were facing a "heat or eat" choice this winter. But he said it may not be enough to help some of the lowest-paid employees facing the rising cost of living and urged employers to look at other ways of supporting staff.
The number of employers accredited by the Living Wage Foundation has more than doubled in the past two years to 11,000.They join half of the FTSE 100 companies, including Aviva, Everton FC, Ikea, Burberry and Lush as well as thousands of smaller businesses. He said: "When I get up in the morning, I can look myself in the mirror knowing all the good things around me are not at the expense of other people, because I've paid them well," he said.
"I can also look after my daughter and buy her the things she needs. During the pandemic, my partner lost her job as a travel consultant and went to work for a supermarket.
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