Claim: Taxpayers are subsidising low paid workers at Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons by almost £1 billion a year via working tax credits and housing benefits.
Fact-check: Supermarket pay image—where do the figures come from? - Full Fact
Verdict: we can't verify these figures, but we know they're out of date. citizens uk—which produced a report that the figures have been taken from—says they should not be used as a reflection of the situation today.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2018-11-26T00:00:00