article_snippet.sent: The charity estimates this would reduce the need for in-work benefits by £6.7bn a year, which would make a massive dent in the £12billion reduction in welfare spending which the Conservatives say is necessary.
article_snippet.sent: For very many people, the retail sector provides useful income and Next has 30 applications for every vacancy.
article_snippet.sent: However, the former Labour Cabinet minister Alan Milburn, chairman of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, said it could take 10 years to make the living wage a reality.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Employers will have to pay more but wages cannot rise without improved productivity and more skills training.
article_snippet.sent: We will need a 10-year transition period to become a living wage country.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Charles Cotton, of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, warned wage rises will hit employment, saying: ‘If employees weren’t getting subsidies, would firms employ as many people or would firms cut back?
highlights_snippet.sent: Citizens UK claims rolling out £9.15 an hour wage would reduce benefits by £6billion . 