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	<title>MayorWatch &#187; London living wage</title>
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		<title>London Living Wage increase confirmed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boris Johnson has announced a slight rise in the level of the London Living Wage, which increases by 15p to £7.60 per hour. The Living Wage is paid to all employees of the Greater London Authority, the increase will also be paid to all staff employed under new contractor contracts such as caterers, security guards and cleaners.]]></description>
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		<title>London boroughs &#8217;snub living wage&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just four of the capital's 33 local authorities have incorporated the London Living Wage into their procurement policies according to responses to FOI requests made by the Green Party. Currently set at £7.45 per hour, the London Living Wage is higher than the legal national minimum wage and is calculated by the Greater London Authority to reflect the true minimum income workers in the capital need to earn to remain above the poverty level.]]></description>
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		<title>RMT Announces Two Tube Strikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The RMT has announced members working as cleaners and maintenance staff on the London Underground are to stage two strikes over pay.]]></description>
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		<title>London Living Wage Increases to £7.45 Per Hour</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor of London Boris Johnson has confirmed that all Greater London Authority employees and those working for new GLA contractors are to paid the new London Living Wage of £7.45 per hour.]]></description>
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		<title>Livingstone and Berry Call For Better Pay for Woman</title>
		<link>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/livingstone-and-berry-call-for-better-pay-for-woman/2008986</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has called on the Government to bring in 'tough new equality legislation' to help better protect the rights of women in the workplace and warned that failure to do so would 'have a serious impact on London’s future economic]]></description>
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		<title>Lindsey German &#8211; Left List Mayoral Candidate (2008)</title>
		<link>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/lindsey-german-respect-mayoral-candidate-2008/20081399</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/lindsey-german-respect-mayoral-candidate-2008/20081399#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lindsey German is Convenor of the Stop the War Coalition which she helped found after the events of 11th September 2001.]]></description>
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		<title>Livingstone&#8217;s New Year Message</title>
		<link>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/livingstone-new-year-message/2008911</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has issued his New Year message to Londoners at the start of a year which will see the capital hold the third GLA elections and become Host City for the next Olympic Games]]></description>
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		<title>Greens Launch Mayoral Campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/greens-launch-mayoral-campaign/2007879</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/greens-launch-mayoral-campaign/2007879#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siân Berry, Green Party candidate for Mayor of London, launched her campaign at City Hall this morning promising to cut the cost of living in the capital.]]></description>
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		<title>Think Tank Calls For 6.50 London Minimum Wage</title>
		<link>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/think-tank-calls-for-6-50-london-minimum-wage/2007795</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 07:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Institute for Public Policy Research is calling on Ministers to introduce a higher minimum wage for London of £6.50 per hour.]]></description>
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		<title>Fire Cleaners Awarded 7.20 Per Hour</title>
		<link>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/fire-cleaners-awarded-720-per-hour/2007612</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/fire-cleaners-awarded-720-per-hour/2007612#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday's meeting of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority saw contractor fire station cleaners awarded the London Living Wage of £7.20 an hour after a week of political disagreement.]]></description>
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