Government's Easter pay rise is not all it's cracked up to be

In 2015 George Osborne promised Britain a national living wage.When George Osborne promised Britain a pay rise in the summer of 2015, fresh from electoral victory over Ed Miliband, he pledged a “national living wage” in an attempt to steal a march on his defeated opponent.Three years later, his promise means more than 2 million workers received an inflation-beating pay rise of 4.4% on Easter Sunday as the living wage rose for the second time, from £7.50 per hour to £7.83