Labour run Wigan council fails to pay its staff the minimum wage

January 2013 – Labour MP Lisa Nandy praises her Labour run Wigan Council for pledging to pay staff a living wage ‘It’s time the Government followed Wigan Council’s example’

Lisa calls on Government to follow Wigan Council’s example and pay the Living Wage

Lisa Nandy supported by Wigan Labour Councillors Cllr Lawrence Hunt, Cllr Paul Collins, Cllr Jo Platt, Cllr Mike Crosby, Cllr Mike McLoughlin, and Cllr. Damian Edwardson sign up to the living wage pledge; 

MP backs campaign for the living wage in Wigan

Fast forward to November 2014 when it has been discovered that 2 years later not only do Wigan council not pay a living wage but they are receiving complaints from staff and the unions for not paying the minimum wage.

Wigan Council - carer minimum wage ‘injustice’

Exactly the same thing happened with zero hours contracts;

http://ukipwigan.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/wigan-labour-mp-says-no-to-zero-hours.html