PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Local Government: Living Wage (10 July 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the requirement on local authorities to pay staff the National Living Wage will be treated as a new burden.
Asked by:
Mr Clive Betts (Labour)
Asked by:
Mr Clive Betts (Labour)
Answer
The new burdens doctrine does not apply to policies which apply the same rules to local authorities and to private sector bodies, unless these have a disproportionate effect on local government. The impact on local government of the introduction of the National Living Wage will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures.
Answered by:
Mr Marcus Jones (Conservative)
15 July 2015
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