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Guardian Business10.05.2026BusinessUnited Kingdom

From fringe issue to the heart of politics: the UK Living Wage campaign marks 25 years of success | Heather Stewart

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The group’s latest triumph won over the Department for Business and Trade, now it is eyeing private care providers and supermarketsA paragon of the kind of people-powered progress that feels all the more necessary in divisive times, the Living Wage campaign, is celebrating its25th anniversary this year.Born out of Telco (The East London Citizens’ Organisation), which ultimately became the nationwide group Citizens UK, the campaign has always involved communities working together, to press for social and economic change. Continue reading...

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