WOMEN make up two-thirds of those Scots earning less than a living wage, according to analysis from Scottish Labour published today.

Scottish government data revealed that 297,000 women in Scotland — 24 per cent of all working women — earned less than the living wage in 2016. The equivalent figure for working men was 15.4 per cent.

There are almost half a million people in Scotland earning less than the living wage, currently £8.45 an hour across Britain and £9.45 in London, calculated by the Living Wage Foundation based on what workers and their families need to live on.