What unites the unlikely quartet of the Catholic Education Service, the Mayor of London, the management consultants KPMG and the trade union Unison? Answer – they all support the campaign for a living wage. In the middle of the annual Living Wage Week, Unison has agreed a policy that will mean all state Catholic schools in England and Wales pay at least the current Living Wage figure – £8.80 an hour in London, £7.65 elsewhere – to all their employees, direct and indirect. To ease the way, schools will have a step-by-step guide, leading to official accreditation as a Living Wage employer. In the same week, London’s Tory Mayor Boris Johnson declared himself – paradoxically – both a committed free marketeer and a Living Wage enthusiast. Labour