A living wage. You would have thought this would be a prequisite of a civilised society. But sometimes one wonders, as people work three jobs and still need to claim benefits in order to put food on the table, whether we have made much progress since, about, um, 1654.

If you want to know how to make sure you’re paying a dignified and decent wage, don’t compare yourself to your peers alone. Compare yourself to your BEST peers. Find out who is a Living Wage Foundation Employer. And do what they do.