Amazon raises hourly warehouse pay to £11 as strikes threatened

Online retailer says minimum pay has risen by 10% in past seven months and 37% since 2018

Amazon has announced it will increase minimum hourly pay by about 50p to £11 for UK warehouse workers from next week after it faced strike action.

The online retailer said the change meant minimum pay had risen by 10% in the past seven months, putting it ahead of the legal minimum wage for those aged 23 or over, which will be £10.42 an hour from April.