in lipstick and mascara. harvesting the wax from palm trees in brazil is an industry in which, according to brazilian authorities, companies are failing last year, more than 3,000 workers across all industries were rescued from situations including forced labour and degrading work last year, more than 3,000 workers across all industries were rescued from situations including forced labour and degrading work conditions a ill year high. the bbc was given exclusive access to a raid with the federal police on a carnauba wax plantation. katy watson has this report from the state of piaui in north eastern brazil. we re heading to a farm where authorities suspect workers are being exploited. nobody knows we re coming. they want to catch the culprits red handed. we find the workers sheltering from the midday sun. who s in charge here? , the lead investigator asks. one by one, the men are interviewed. the boss is nowhere to be seen. it s so hot. we stop for a bit because otherwise
for the national living wage. previously you had to be 23 years old to qualify, but that s been reduced to 21. it has been just over £10 an hour just over £12. it s going up to just over £11 an hour. our business correspondent marc ashdown has the details. barista sam loves hisjob, but after paying his essential bills he s often left with just a few hundred pounds a month to live on. pay rises just help him stay afloat. i think they balance, because obviously everything else goes up in price so it sort of evens out every single year. maybe for, like, a month you ll be like, ooh, i ve got money this month! and then it lljust be, like the next month will be a bit of a rough one. workers across the uk in some of the lowest paid jobs are about to get a boost in their pay. from tomorrow, the national living wage is going up from £10.42 an hour to £11.44 an hour. that s an increase of 9.8%. the age at which a worker qualifies has also been reduced from 23 to 21 years old
previously you had to be 23 years old to qualify, but that s been reduced to 21. it has been just over £10 an hour just over $12. it s going up to just over £11 an hour. our business correspondent marc ashdown has the details. barista sam loves hisjob, but after paying his essential bills he s often left with just a few hundred pounds a month to live on. pay rises just help him stay afloat. i think they balance, because obviously everything else goes up in price so it sort of evens out every single year. maybe for, like, a month you ll be like, ooh, i ve got money this month! and then it lljust be, like the next month will be a bit of a rough one. workers across the uk in some of the lowest paid jobs are about to get a boost in their pay. from tomorrow, the national living wage is going up from £10.42 an hour to £11.44 an hour. that s an increase of 9.8%. the age at which a worker qualifies has also been reduced from 23 to 21 years old. the treasury says a full time
hoping to regain control of cities it lost five years ago. and we ll bring you a special report on seagulls as conservationists warn of dwindling populations across the uk. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start with easter celebrations taking place across the christian world. tens of thousands of worshippers have gathered in st peter s square to hear pope francis lead easter sunday mass and give the traditional urbi et orbi blessing. these are live pictures from vatican city, where pope speaks italian. studio: that is the vatican city, where the easter celebrations are under way. we will continue to watch the mass coming to us from the vatican. first we will take you to windsor, where king charles is expected to make his first public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer. our colleague is at windsor. good morning to you from this rather lovely sunny easter sunday here in windsor. you can see a queue behind me i think stretching down the street. these are people who a