Tesco pay rise delay leaves many workers earning under minimum wage

Some employees angry at supermarket being temporarily able to pay under 11.44 an hour

A month-long delay to a promised pay rise at Tesco has been condemned by some staff because it leaves them on less than the minimum wage, while saving the supermarket more than 17m.

Tesco, one of the UK's biggest employers with more than 330,000 staff, has pledged to increase the minimum pay for its shop workers from 11.02 an hour to 12.02 next month, but the rise will not be implemented until 28 April, almost a month after the legal minimum wage for those aged 21 and over increases to 11.44 on 1 April.