Low-paid workers are slogging for the equivalent of a
morning per day just to cover the cost of their rent, according to Shelter. The
housing charity's analysis of Office for National Statistics (ONS) earnings
figures suggests people in this income group in the UK would have to work for
15 hours of their working week just to cover their rent costs - equating to a
morning a day. It said that with private rents "sky high", full-time
workers on a low wage face shelling out 44% of their income to live in a
typical one-bedroom home. People in this group tend to earn between £16,000 and
£23,000 a year. Read more on the Belfast Telegraph website.
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