Commitment

Introduce a living wage to tackle in-work poverty

What this means

  • The Labour Party promised to introduce a living wage as part of its 2024 general election manifesto, published in November 2024.[source]
  • The commitment aims to help around 145,000 people who are in paid work but still living in poverty, a situation known as in-work poverty.[source]
  • Alongside the living wage, Labour also promised to give workers a legal right to flexible working arrangements.[source]
  • This is a promise only, not yet law or policy. No delivery date has been set, so voters and watchdogs should track whether it progresses if Labour enters government.[source]

Direct impact (1)

Indirect impact (10)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

  • owned by party → party member2-hop via labour
    Alan KellyOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via labour
    Ciarán AhernOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via labour
    Conor SheehanOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via labour
    Duncan SmithOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via labour
    Eoghan KennyOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via labour
    Ged NashOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via labour
    George LawlorOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via labour
    Ivana BacikOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via labour
    Marie SherlockOfficeholder
  • owned by party → party member2-hop via labour
    Mark WallOfficeholder

Summary derived from the records cited above. Read the methodology to understand how this is generated.

Relationship map

One-hop relationships derived from the entity records. Click any node to follow the link.

Status

Promised

Labour committed to introducing a living wage to support the roughly 145,000 people in employment living in poverty, and to give workers a right to flexible work.

Attribution & links

Origin
Manifesto
Policy area
Enterprise And Employment
Owning party
The Labour Party
Responsible body
Responsible officeholder
Linked mandate
First stated
2024-11-17
Last reviewed
2026-05-21

Evidence & sources

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Evidence

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