Overview
- Co-op, which set new store pay on Wednesday, moved its nationwide rate to £13.04 an hour with £14.29 inside the M25.
- Selfridges confirmed shop-floor pay of £13.45 outside London and £14.80 in London, matching the current Real Living Wage outside the capital.
- Morrisons is balloting union members on a deal that would lift hourly pay to £13 in July and £13.11 in October after setting £12.71 from March 30.
- Aldi remains the highest-paying supermarket at £13.50 nationwide and £14.88 in London, while rivals including Lidl, Tesco and Sainsbury’s have also raised base rates this spring.
- The government’s minimum wage increase took effect on April 1, though reports cite conflicting adult rates of £12.21 and £12.71, and many retailer rises outpace March CPI inflation of 3.3%.