A group of investors worth £13bn are holding a rally on Monday to push major companies into paying a "living wage".

The investor coalition, headed by religious groups and philanthropists in the UK and US, is lobbying the top 100 UK companies to improve salaries.
The group is writing to the chief executives of all 100 to ask them to apply "living wage standards".

It says say £7.20 an hour should be the floor for wages outside London and £7.85 within the capital.

The living wage is what supporters of the campaign say is necessary for an individual to meet their basic needs.

The campaign, which has been running for 10 years, is backed by church groups, including the Methodist Church, as well as the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and unions Unison and.......Read more HERE