Overview
- Lidl lifted starting pay to £13.45 an hour nationwide from March 1, with London rates rising to £14.80 and higher tiers for longer service affecting all 35,000 staff.
- Aldi will raise store assistants to £13.50 nationally from April with £14.88 in London, a change it says benefits 28,000 workers and follows a March increase.
- Sainsbury's confirmed £13.23 per hour outside London and £14.54 in London from March, while M&S will move to £13.41 nationally and £14.74 in London from April 1, affecting about 55,000 employees.
- Primark will set a £13 minimum for customer assistants across Great Britain from April 1, with £13.71 in London.
- Tesco is reported by The Workers Union to be preparing rises to about £13.35 nationwide and roughly £14.71 in London for more than 300,000 staff, though Tesco has not confirmed details; Asda’s last uplift took effect in October 2025 and Morrisons has not announced comparable new increases.