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Labour members back £15-an-hour minimum wage after resignation row

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Sign up to Postcards from the North - a newsletter from M.E.N. political editor Jennifer Williams Labour is backing proposals to increase the minimum wage to £15-an-hour.

Party members voted in favour of a Unite motion calling for the increase at the Labour conference in Brighton. It comes after Sir Keir Starmer found himself in a row with the left wing of his party over the issue. READ MORE: Universal Credit cut will have 'devastating impact' on 58,000 Manchester families, councillors warn On Monday evening, Labour MP Andy McDonald resigned from his shadow cabinet position after saying the leadership had ordered him to argue against the rise to £15, making his position “untenable”.

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