The Caterer Blog

Now, now children, play nicely. A fight has broken out in Fleet Street with journalists at The Daily Mirror accusing The Independent of foul play over the title's "Fair Tips, Fair Pay" campaign.

Back in April, the Mirror joined forces with the Unite union to launch a "fair tips charter" calling on hospitality employers to end the (legal) practice of topping up minimum wage with tips and demanding that the Government closes the loophole that allows them to do it.

Unite has been running the campaign since last September, when it launched with a protest outside Pizza Express at Haymarket and Smollensky's on the Strand

Then two weeks ago, The Independent decided - with the traditionally news-light silly season approaching - to jump on the bandwagon with its own campaign.