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In the United Kingdom, many campaigning organisations have responded to the low level of the National Minimum Wage by asserting the need for it to be increased to a level more comparable to a living wage.

For instance, the Mayor of London's office hosts a Living Wage Unit which monitors the level needed for a living wage in London ( which has considerably higher living costs than the rest of the UK ).

Other organisations with an interest in living wage issues include the Living Wage Campaign, and the Church Action on Poverty and the Scottish Low Pay Unit.

The Guardian newspaper columnist Polly Toynbee is also a major supporter of the campaign for a living wage.

The charity London Citizens is campaigning for a living wage to be implemented across London.

The activist group Bloomsbury Fightback!

are campaigning for a living wage to be implemented across the University of London.

The Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband actively supports the living wage saying that the living wage ' can make Britain both a fairer and more prosperous place '.

The Labour Party has implemented the living wage in some local councils which it controls, such as in Birmingham and Cardiff councils.