Does the UK have a wage problem?

Business leaders have hit back at Boris Johnson over claims they allowed Britain to become a low-wage and low-skilled economy

Britain's businesses stand accused of allowing the UK to become a low-wage, low-skilled and low-productivity economy bedevilled by slow growth.

The prime minister criticised company bosses for wanting to import cheap workers to fill vacancies rather than improve the skills of young people already in the UK. Only a more skilled workforce could command higher wages and better living standards, Boris Johnson said.