The official site of the Prime Minister's Office.

Petition update, 03 October 2007

More details from petition creator

In the USA since 1994, over 120 city and state governments have passed living wage ordinances following pressure from local campaigners. Living wage campaigns have raised levels of pay and provided benefits like health care for thousands of workers. Studies there have shown that the living wage has had no significant adverse impact on jobs, business or the economy.

In the UK 4¼ million adults aged 22 to retirement were paid less than £6.50 per hour in 2006. Two thirds of these were women.

London Citizens launched the UK’s first Living Wage Campaign in 2001 to put an end to poverty pay in the capital. Targeting big employers, they have brought the Living Wage to many low-paid workers in the health service and in the finance sectors. This needs to be rolled out across the country and across all major workplaces.

The government should step up enforcement of the legal minimum wage, prosecuting more firms who fail to comply, and increasing penalties for offenders.

Current signatories

Because there are so many signatories, only the most recent 500 are shown on this page.

• Ryan Thomas
• suzanne edwards
• Victoria Small
• Paul Cockerton
• Jane Turner
• Moira McDowall
• talwyn oliver
• Isobel Lindsay
• Anne Saxon
• Cllr Philip Booth
• Cllr Martin Whiteside
• Rachel Stark
• JohnHeywood
• Jim Melvin
• Mike Short
• Elinor Croxall
• Thomas Pirovano
• Hazel Conley
• Stephen Herathfield
• Louise Grainger
• Carole Clark
• Lynette Hawthorne
• Amar Dhudwar
• lyn harris
• Ian Fitzgerald
• ron singer
• pam wortlley
• Mike Le Fevre
• Darren Stuart
• lez deves
• Shan Ashton
• Ben Hart
• rosemary stebbing Panter
• Elizabeth Allaway
• Andrew Thorne
• Gina Turner
• hamish mcdonald
• Eileen Digweed
• Marilyn Carroll
• Frances Dowds
• Gillian Allen
• Susan Broderick
• Gillian Cassidy
• Max Watson
• Marc Craw
• margaret sneesby
• Jeanette Findlay
• Heather Sneddon
• Michael Goodman
• Mary Pearson
• John Broderick
• Karen Cole
• Jon Ishaque
• Richard McEwan
• Julian Sharpe
• Rosey kirwan
• Councillor Rachel Fryer
• Cllr Vicky Wakefield-Jarrett (Green Party - Brighton)
• Carol Anne Cooper
• Mr Peter D'Silva
• nazir ali
• Dafydd Wigley
• Ian Crosson
• liz crouch
• Mike Mills
• Bernadette Wright
• Craigie-Lee Paterson
• Sudhir Sood
• Judith Cross
• Judith Cross
• Ray;mond Russell
• Brian Drury
• Alden Henderson
• stephen baker
• Kim Christophi
• Anna Ritchie
• Tony O' Reilly
• Alex Huxley
• Lisa Chu
• Helen Hancock
• J Turner
• Tony Brauer
• jane foot
• Linda Devereux
• Richard Howard
• Pádraig Mackel
• Carolyn Hart
• Richard Baldwin
• Jo Mills
• Jennie Liebenberg
• Linda Jenkins
• Jill Longmae
• Austin Harney
• Kristen Jones
• Haleh Afshar
• Ben Gregory
• Robin Allwood
• Julia Crooks
• Petra Whitton
• Alex Tennant
• PAULINE HOLMES
• Ester Bofill
• Paul Miles
• Lucy Brill
• Darren Holmes
• Catherine howley
• Jenny Beckingham
• jane collings
• graham king unite activist
• Kenneth J Brown
• KEVIN DANIELS
• Steve Flatt
• James Bridges
• Paul Fleming
• Carrie Saunders
• Michael Thomas
• a thompson
• Al Garthwaite
• ms jean barber
• Nigel Hallett
• Dorothy Macedo
• neil gudge
• Mark Gordon Pollard
• jim holden
• Lesli Miller
• Edward Gilchrist
• Stephen W Cowan
• Alex Bull
• annejennette stephenson
• Stewart Marshall
• Dave Hutchinson
• Sophie Beale
• Peter Judge
• Barbara Finnecy
• Clare Oldfield
• Saba-Gabrielle Mousa
• Michael Greig
• Steve Benson
• krishna d lal
• Valerie Scott
• Pam Reveley
• Chetan Patel
• David Marshall
• C. Goodwin
• Lisa Cumming
• Suzanne Ford
• Phil Mills
• joe Perfect
• Alec mcFadden
• Jeffrey Boss
• Gabriel Dinis
• Lynne Hodge
• John Old
• Mary Brill (Mrs)
• Steve Squibbs
• Laura Muir UNITE
• Erif Rison
• Laura Keenan
• Phillip Whorton
• Dawn Bramald
• Linda Hawkins
• SUZANNE OLDRIDGE
• lesley rafferty
• Dominic Naylor
• Alastair Murray
• Elizabeth Lynn
• nicci myler
• Pat McCourt
• Bharti Patel
• Ruaraidh Dobson
• Ann M Kelly
• Paul Downes
• Craig Eastwood
• Andrew Golds
• Dean Harper
• Joanna Rowland-Stuart
• John Ball
• Noreen Fatima NUS
• Natalie Ridge
• Peter Hale
• Samantha Hoare
• Bernard Burns
• derek munton
• LYNDSEY HATTON
• Clare Sheppard
• kelly evans
• Kathryn Jones
• Sarah lynskey
• debra patterson
• Gareth Day
• jade edwards
• Colin Revell
• Jenny Ewing
• denise.parkes
• christina chan
• Julia Cameron
• Vijayatara
• sharon barnes
• Mark Wareham
• Andrew Bolger
• Kevin McCafferty
• Steven Taylor
• Richard Garbett
• Dean Barnfield
• Clive Dicken
• Kirst y Wayland
• Shaun Goulding
• Ben Singleton
• Simon Midgley
• Jamie Chalmers
• Lynne Crow
• Victoria Room
• Ann Hall
• Gillian Lawrence
• Doreen Dixon
• Dr. Keith J. Baker
• Samantha Mignano
• Archbishop of Wales
• Dougald Hine
• Graham Mitchell
• Ian Malcolm-Walker
• Francesca Twentyman
• Paul Smith
• Paul Birchenough
• Martin Smith
• Steve Jones
• Chris Hooley
• charlotte woolley
• Michael Loughlin
• Graham Grace-Gardener
• Elizabeth Payne
• Michael Donning
• Andrew Reeves
• Bill Ball [UNISON]
• Jon Gamble (Sec. Watford TUC)
• Elli Woollard
• John Williams
• Mr D Billington
• Sue Tibbles
• Nigel Fox
• Laura Mitchell
• Aran Kanageyan
• Robert Lambert
• Jennifer Wilkinson
• Chris Burrow
• Alex Gibson
• RICHARD CHILVERS
• Justine Hall
• Dr. Dipak Ray
• joanne lindsay
• Simon Abbott
• roger&Jean Theaker
• Mark Holt
• Diana Carolina Echeverry
• lisa long
• Mark Sinfield
• Sharon McManus
• elaine hardy
• John Usher
• Gregg D Morrish
• Amy Verhagen
• Rita Kotrba
• Stephen Ratcliffe
• kevin kings
• Professor Aneez Esmail
• David Mason
• Tom Matthews
• victoria greenway
• Ami laverick
• Jennifer Anderson
• Louise Hazan
• John Jackson
• Roger Wilkinson
• Lisa-Marie Whilton
• David Gee
• Troy Kane
• Ewan Aldridge
• rachel nisbet
• Rowena B. King-Obligado
• rachel palmer
• steve olney
• Andrew Botham
• s thompson
• Manuela Da Costa-Fernandes
• Manuel Rosario Fernandes
• christine bott
• Harri Roberts
• Allan Pritchard
• Councillor Mohammed-Sarul Islam(Plaid Cymru)
• Adrian Pearson
• James Ramsay
• Alan Martin
• Cllr Allan Pritchard, Plaid Cymru, CaerphillyCBC
• John Duff
• David Armstrong
• Geoff Lange
• Simon Hinds
• Dona van Bloemen
• Raymond brookfield
• Rebecca Townesend
• Bina Messenger
• Dr Paul Messenger
• Ruth Roberts
• George Cooper
• Dan Owen
• Sarah Jones
• Donald MacDonald
• G Huckvale
• Linet Purcell
• Craig Diggins
• Robin White
• Anne-Marie Tibbits
• shaun wall
• Sarah Brown
• Rev. Bill Hunter
• Lisa Blakemore
• Ian Wallace
• Agree
• abdul
• Dai Davies
• Eleanor Halsall
• Rosie Cox
• Marc Richards
• David Green
• Robert van der Meer
• Andrew Jones
• Catherine Harris
• catherine burns
• mick callus
• Emma green
• Steven Link
• JAMES CONLON
• Jokey Lloyd
• Martin Lawn
• Paul Williams
• Kim Higgs
• Katherine Mann
• Thomas Newens
• Adam Amor
• amanda jacobs
• Nina de Salis Young
• Maria Adcock
• Charles Pottins
• Agree 1000%! EVERYONE has the right to decent pay: a fair day's pay for a fair day's work
• Alister Blades
• Vivian Willis
• Mary Ferrie
• Lucy Fisher
• Deborah Wicks
• Colin Silman
• linden crowley
• pat devlin
• Colin Ball
• Frank Mc Loughlin
• J E Rimmington
• Alison Plaumer
• Siobhan Murphy
• ANGELA REID
• John Jones
• Amrit
• Shawn McGuire
• R. J. Lucas
• Stuart Jeffery
• Aled Dilwyn Fisher
• Clare Solomon
• Payam
• Kwame Steadman
• Tom Slingsby
• John Kolm-Murray
• craig poole
• Penelope Maclachlan
• David O'Connor
• Susan Murray
• Dr Amanda Sackur
• Barrie Botley
• Danny Bates
• Gary Dunion (International Co-ordinator, Scottish Young Greens)
• Darrell Whitehead
• Mark Douglas
• Bernice Golberg
• Elaine Londesborough
• Elizabeth Meyer
• Jacob Vincent
• John Conway
• Anne Banks
• Clements Bell Gault
• Dr Mike Casselden
• Geoff Webb
• Dean JB Fostekew
• Norma Higgott
• Stephen S Jones
• Jess Bromfield
• Michael Fuller
• Donald Fraser
• Alison Hoskins
• Anthony Clarke
• Mike Tyzack
• Grace Dyer
• Kath Downes
• David Butler
• Alison Wilson
• Anna Masters
• Martin Sokol
• Peter Knight
• Susan Radford
• Rod MacGregor (Scottish Socialist Party)
• Sam Coates
• Daniel Marcus Caldon
• ernie valentine (Scottosh Socialist Party)
• Cath Rogan
• Alex Callinicos
• mark kennett
• Richard Coutts
• Laura Fenn
• Alex Porter
• Krishan Thakker
• Michael A Tarpey
• Melanie Simms
• Laura J Smith
• Caroline Haji-Demetri
• Francesca Richards
• Laura Devey
• Steven Shakespeare
• Oswin Paul SSF (Paul Tennant)
• Stuart White
• Michael Fay
• Monika Cenarska
• Joseph Hynes
• Mary Hynes
• Len Burch
• Mostly Marriott
• Buzz Rodwell
• amina mangera
• Richard Hogg
• Norman Shaw
• steve brinkley
• Anthony Dooley, membership secretary, Ipswich NUT
• Cllr John Matthissen (Green Party)
• Lucy Russell
• Karen Shippin
• Katie Allen
• Roberta Farr
• Catherine Crook
• Adam Ramsay
• Joseph Kisolo-Ssonko
• Rob Jackson
• Rory Lawless
• Jet Bor
• Penny Dale
• Tony Harper
• Kunle Obadina
• helen drake
• Chris Tavner
• Adam Lambert
• Nahella Ashraf
• Becky Lozeron
• Andrew Black
• sophie gekas
• Gemma Ottiwell
• Rosie Beth Alarcio
• Lucy Harrison
• Ian Barcroft
• Charlotte Smith
• Michael Cunningham
• Jennifer Cunningham
• Kim Harrison
• Sally Wilson
• Anna Stavrianakis
• Lucinda Lavelle
• The Very Revd Dr Gregor Duncan
• Chris Jones
• Laura Harvey
• Janette Mackie
• Bob Stanton
• alexander hall
• Robert Hendrie
• Margo Connelly
• Alison Plummer
• David Bisset
• dave brown
• Howard Jacks
• Steven Foye
• Sarah Edwards
• Christopher Charles Harrison
• Steven Gabb
• Anne Gelling
• MICHAEL CROSS
• Frank Wilkinson
• ANTHONY DONACHIE
• Chris Hocknell
• Sharon McLeish
• Heather Barcroft
• Ricky Troughton
• Terie Hopkins
• ali garrigan
• Margaret Edwards
• Martin Timson
• LYNNE BENSON
• karen mc nab
• PETER HOWARD

Because there are so many signatories, only the most recent 500 are shown on this page.

Show all signatories