Three estate agents have been named and shamed or failing to pay staff the National Living Wage.

Cheshire firm Jordan Fishwick was found to have underpaid 21 of its employees a total of £1,362 while Lincolnshire agency Newton Fallowell owed a single employee £255.

Lions Property Management in east London under-paid one employee £144.

Business minister Andrew Griffiths said: “Our priority is making sure workers know their rights and are getting the pay they worked hard for.”

The three firms could also be fined twice the outstanding pay.