Cleaners take living wage campaign to ministers

13 July 2012 Last updated at 07:54 ET Help

In the past few days, across Whitehall, people who clean for nine secretaries of state have cleaned ministerial desks as usual and then left behind a letter - asking for a higher wage.

Newsnight's Political Editor Allegra Stratton has been speaking to some of those involved.

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