Conservatives
Labour
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Commentary
All three parties recognise that increasing the national minimum wage is a good starting point for improving the living standards of the lowest paid in society. Labour wants to get to £8 an hour earlier than the Tories, while the Lib Dems have introduced the caveat that raising it should not damage employment.
All want to see the expansion of the living wage, which is particularly relevant in London where it is hardest to recruit and retain low-paid public sector workers. Only Labour has committed to retain the 2010 commitment to end child poverty by 2020. The Tories want to introduce “better measures” of poverty and work to tackle them.
There is no mention of child poverty in the Lib Dem manifesto.
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