A quarter of a million people are set to benefit from an increase in the so-called real living wage.

It's going up to £10.85 in London, and £9.50 across the rest of the UK.

The new voluntary rates will be paid by almost 7,000 employers.

The Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability in Putney is among those who’ve pledged to pay the living wage.

Workers there say it “motivates us to work even harder” and “we are so happy that the hospital approaches the very hard work that we do”.