NESTLE workers were celebrating yesterday after the multinational food manufacturer pledged to pay the living wage to all of its staff yesterday, as campaigners hailed the move as a “significant milestone.”

Nestle UK & Ireland, which already employs 8,000 people on the salary package, will be implementing the £8.80 an hour rate in London and £7.65 everywhere else by the end of 2017.

Several unions welcomed the company’s new policy.