Fiscal claim
€15/hr living wage
Headline figure
Per-year impact
€1.00bn
Recurring annual spend
Total over horizon
€1.00bn
2025 onwards
Confidence
Stated in source
Public-sector + procurement lift to €15/hr ≈ €1bn/yr.
Attribution & links
- Origin
- Manifesto
- Owner
- People Before Profit
- Policy area
- Enterprise And Employment
- Underwrites commitment
- Introduce a Living Wage of at least €15 an hour
- First stated
- 2024-11-14
- Last reviewed
- 2026-05-23
Verification
Cross-checked against the source document. Quote captured verbatim where the figure is directly stated; gaps and mismatches are noted honestly.
Verified against People Before Profit GE2024 Manifesto, p.5: "Introduce a Living Wage of at least €15 an hour."
Evidence & sources
Every euro figure above ultimately traces back to the source document below.
Source
- People Before Profit GE2024 ManifestoPeople Before Profit·Retrieved 2026-05-23high
- People Before Profit GE2024 Manifesto, p.5 - verbatim figurePeople Before Profit·Retrieved 2026-05-23high
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