Siobhain McDonagh has led a choir of Labour MPs in a musical protest based on a very well-known Christmas hit.

The Mitcham and Morden MP and around 20 of her colleagues – including Dan Jarvis and Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner – have banded together and put their vocal chords to the test to film a very festive video for their ‘National Living Rage’ song.

Wimbledon Times:

Siobhain McDonagh MP (left) and her musical colleagues

Based on the tune of Band Aid’s famous Christmas single ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’, the song discusses the problems facing workers on the national living wage, including employers taking away double time and overtime pay and Christmas bonuses.

The song openly tells big employers including B&Q, Tesco, Waitrose, John Lewis, Caffé Nero and Eat to “be ashamed of how you treat your staff”, as well as repeating the refrain “Keep their perks, don’t be a Scrooge it’s Christmas time”.

Other lyrics include: “And there won’t be double time no more on Sundays / No legacy pay just more unsocial hours. / And one thing you should know, / We should tell them where to go. / Do they know it’s Christmas time at all?”

Ms McDonagh has campaigned to stop employers using loop holes to cut down the pay of their staff while still technically paying the national living wage, and has publically criticised companies who have been accused of doing so, including B&Q and Marks & Spencer’s.

April 5: Mitcham and Morden MP Siobhain McDonagh campaigns to protect pay after National Living Wage changes

Sep 7: Mitcham and Morden MP Siobhain McDonagh leads protest against pay cuts to flagship Marks & Spencer's store

Back in September, she led a march of campaigners to the flagship Marks & Spencer’s store in Oxford Street to protest at plans to cut staff benefits.

All proceeds from the song will go to the Band Aid Trust.

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