Marks & Spencer has announced pay rises for staff from April, as supermarkets fight to keep employees.
It will increase minimum pay for workers outside of London to £12 per hour, with staff in the capital seeing a raise to £13.15 per hour.
The increase means all of its workers will be paid the voluntary Real Living Wage, which is higher than the compulsory National Living Wage.
About 40,000 staff across the food and clothing retailer will get a raise.
The company also announced it would be making “substantial improvements” to its maternity, paternity and adoption policies.
M&S’s minimum pay for staff outside London is currently £10.90 per hour, while those in London receive £12.05.
