Anas Sarwar admits family firm not paying Living Wage to all members of staff

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Anas Sarwar admits family firm not paying Living Wage to all members of staff
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Stephen Flynn accused Labour of 'watering down their commitments on workers’ rights'.

Anas Sarwar has been accused of "hypocrisy" after he admitted not every member of staff at his family's business was being paid the Living Wage.

The rate for the Scottish Living Wage is £12 per hour, 66p more than the minimum wage which is set at £11.44. "It's not my business. I have no shares in that business. It's a business that yes, my family has an involvement in, but I have no direct involvement with that business.” The Aberdeen South MP said: "Anas Sarwar isn't even the change the workers in his family's firm need - never mind Scotland.

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