Johnson caught lying again: latest ‘Living’ Wage rise was NOT highest on record
Duper’s delight: Boris Johnson has been caught lying to the nation yet again.
He just can’t help himself, it seems.
When Boris Johnson said, “We continually increase the Living Wage – last time by a record amount,” his words were not true.
And it is reasonable to expect that he would have known the facts of the matter. Therefore This Site may suggest with a degree of certainty that he was lying.
According to fact-checkers at Channel 4,
Mr Johnson’s claim that the most recent rise in the Living Wage was the highest ever doesn’t add up.
In April 2021, the Living Wage rose by 2.2 per cent compared to the previous year. But in April 2020, the rise was nearly three times larger at 6.2 per cent. And in 2019, the boost was 5 per cent.
In fact, the most recent rise was the lowest increase in the National Living Wage since the policy was first introduced.
And Johnson must have known this when he came out with his lie.
Those of you who are waiting for him to “move Heaven and Earth” to get our remaining people out of Afghanistan should take note – and make alternative plans.
Source: FactCheck: Johnson claims latest Living Wage rise was highest on record – Channel 4 News
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If it was the lowest rise ever, then he didn’t lie; it was a record amount. A record low amount.
Johnson enjoys lying to us. He has such a low opinion of the electorate that I can see him telling his friends, ‘Watch this. I’ll raise the Living Wage by a really low amount, then tell them it was record breaking – and the stupid sods will believe me!’