RETAIL giants WH Smith, Marks & Spencer and Argos were among the firms named and shamed by the government for failing to pay the minimum wage today.
Almost £5 million was found to be owed to about 63,000 workers following investigations by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) dating back to 2017.
Named employers were made to pay back the shortfall and were also fined around £7m.
Martin Taylor, the hedge-fund multimillionaire who has poured millions into pushing Labour rightwards, helped finance Lucy Powell’s supposedly dissenting campaign — suggesting her victory was not the ‘soft-left’ rebellion some have claimed, says SOLOMON HUGHES
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES