FOOTBALL CLUBS AND THE LIVING WAGE

Early day motion 355, tabled 20 July 2015 by Clive Betts (Labour). Signed by 39 members.

That this House welcomes the decision of Premier League football to pay a living wage; notes that this will not be introduced until the 2016-17 season; applauds the work of the GMB's End Foul Pay campaign highlighting this issue; further notes the findings of a Survation poll of football fans showing 84 per cent of supporters want Premier League and Football League clubs to pay the living wage; further notes that according to figures published by Deloitte the last recorded season 2013-14, combined revenues of English Premier League clubs increased 29 per cent and increased by 12 per cent in the Championship; believes the wealth within football means that clubs can well afford to pay all their contracted and sub-contracted workers a living wage in the forthcoming 2015-16; supports the trades unions campaigning and organising workers across the sports sectors which often possess enormous inequalities; and encourages Premier League and Football League clubs to end foul pay and become living wage employers for the new season.

Signatures by party: Labour 26, DUP 4, Scottish National Party 4, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1, Green 1, Plaid Cymru 1.