UK richest family accused of ‘playing Scrooge’ over below real living wage workers’ pay

Exclusive: Company owned by Hinduja family refuses to offer workers inflation-matching pay rise

The UK's richest family has been accused of playing Scrooge" after allegations that they refused to pay all UK workers the real living wage" while their own personal wealth swelled by 11.5bn in a single year.

A company majority-owned by the Hinduja family, which was named by the Sunday Times earlier this year as the wealthiest people in Britain, is refusing to offer its workers - who help run a crucial government service - an inflation-matching pay rise.