By: Press Association
January 31, 2019
Wages are still worth a third less in some parts of the country than a decade ago, according to a report.
Research by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) found that the average worker has lost £11,800 in real earnings since 2008.
The UK has suffered the worst real wage slump among leading economies, the union organisation said.
The biggest losses have been in areas including the London borough of Redbridge, Epsom and Waverley in Surrey, Selby in North Yorkshire and Anglesey in north Wales, the study found.
Workers have suffered cumulative losses in inflation-adjusted pay ranging from just under £5,000 in north-east England to more than £20,000 in London, said the report.
The TUC general secretary, Frances O’Grady, said: “The government has failed to tackle Britain’s cost-of-living crisis. As a result, millions of families will be worse off this Christmas than a decade ago.
“While pay packets have recovered in most leading economies, wage growth in the UK is stuck in the slow lane.