The Mayor needs to step up the pressure on Whitehall and London’s boroughs to pay the London Living Wage, Green Party Assembly Member, Darren Johnson says, following success in signing high profile companies up to ending poverty pay for their subcontracted workers.
Darren Johnson says:
"The Mayor has made big strides with the private sector, for which he should be congratulated, but he has put very little pressure on the Government and London’s boroughs.
"We could see more boroughs contracting services out to cut costs, which could see more and more people working for poverty wages. With only three boroughs actually implementing the London Living Wage in contracts five years after it was introduced, it’s time he got the other thirty around the table.
"The Mayor should also personally meet with George Osborne to press the case for the cleaners and other low-paid public servants across the city."