Labour vows to try to undo low-pay cut

LABOUR will seek to undo the imminent cut to the minimum wage if returned to power next year, party finance spokeswoman Joan Burton has said.

Ms Burton said Labour would have preferred to see a salary cap imposed on public sector workers earning more than €200,000 a year. Asked if Labour would seek to undo the cut if returned to office, she said: “Yes. We would certainly like to do that.”

The cut was also criticised by Fine Gael energy spokesman Leo Varadkar.