Council cleaner: My pay is too low to live in London

Cleaners at the Ministry of Justice and a London council have gone on strike over pay, saying they cannot afford to live in the capital.

The workers, mostly migrants, want to earn the London Living Wage, over £2-an-hour more than their current pay.

Willan Arias Bermeo, a cleaner at Kensington and Chelsea Council, said he had taken a second job and now worked 13-hour days so he had enough money.

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