Tesco pumps millions into pay rises for store staff

Tesco is investing £180m into increasing pay for thousands of its store employees from this month.
Staff in the retailer’s supermarkets will see their hourly pay rise to £12.45 at the end of March and £12.64 in August. This will increase to £13.66 and then £13.85 in London.
The new pay rates represent a rise of 5.2%, which retail trade union Usdaw said will widen the gap between the Real Living Wage. Related StoryTesco offers free food to shoppers to tackle fo