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  "The left-of-centre Resolution Foundation said that it had used the most recent figures available, when the benchmark was calculated as £7.20 an hour outside London and £8.30 in the capital.
  
  It found that 25% of women and 15% of men were paid below the living wage in 2012 - up from 18% and 11% in 2009.
  
  The think tank also found that 77% of employees aged under 20, and two-thirds of restaurant and hotel workers, earned less than the living wage."
  
  Well they would say that, wouldn't they? Defining themselves as left of centre gives them a political axe to grind so this is far from independent research.
  
  Meaningless soundbite politics. Most under-20s in work are either students or live with mum and dad and a great number of hospitality workers are provided with accommodation. Sometimes I think the living wage is carefully calculated to generate whatever 'poverty' figure is desired. Not statistically robust, so either lies or damned lies.

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