TESCO was attacked twice yesterday for paying workers poverty wages while raking in profits of £2.3 billion last year — and colluding in the sacking of almost 200 lorry drivers to save cash.

More than 20,000 people have signed an on-line petition demanding that Tesco pay its staff the living wage.

And yesterday more than 20 sacked drivers from a Tesco distribution centre in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, protested at the chain’s annual general meeting in London.