Starmer ally defends minimum wage quango after Sunak calls for it to be axed

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Welfare secretary Pat McFadden has leapt to the defence of the minimum wage quango after former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for the body to be axed.

The top ally of Sir Keir Starmer told City AM it “would be a mistake” to abolish the Low Pay Commission (LPC), an independent body that advises the https://www.cityam.com/keir-starmer-ally-pat-mcfadden-defends-minimum-wage-quango-after-rishi-sunak-calls-for-it-to-be-axed/">[...]