John McDonnell to table amendments to the Sovereign Grant Bill to ensure royal cleaners are paid the London Living Wage.

MPs move to make the Royals pay their cleaners the London Living Wage
Chair of the PCS Parliamentary Group, Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington, John McDonnell, today tabled amendments to the Sovereign Grant Bill which would require the Royal Household to ensure that cleaners in the Occupied Royal Palaces are paid the London Living Wage (£8.30 per hour) or lose the annual £30 million grant in aid the Royals receive from the taxpayer.
John McDonnell said: “A significant coalition of community organisations and prominent individuals and politicians including many churches and religious groups and the Mayor of London, have come out in support of the London Living Wage.
“I am hoping that the Royal Household could now lead by example in tackling the scourge of poverty pay in the capital by ensuring all those working for the Queen and the Royal family in London are paid the London Living Wage.”