The GMB union has published the names of 175 local authority employers in the UK who've committed to pay staff the living wage.
Earlier this month, it was announced that a living wage should be raised by 40p per hour to £8.25 outside London.
GMB - the union for public service workers, says Cumbria and Lancashire County Councils are both on the list.
Justin Bowden, GMB National Officer for local authority workers, said: "GMB supports the work of Living Wage Foundation to raise wages. We will continue to make strong representation to all councils across the UK to make work pay.
"We have started to get feedback from the employers about the 2016 pay round for local government services and schools covering 1.5 million workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
"From the employers point of view they expect their budgets to continue to be extremely challenging under this government while demands on services are ever greater.
"However the most pressing issue is the government's new so-called National Living Wage which from next April will be £7.20 and will rise quickly each year after that to £9. The effect of this will be significant pay increases for the lowest paid and at the same time the severe erosion of differentials with those currently paid more.
"Councils are saying this will need a renegotiation of the entire pay structure. GMB will continue to press for a living wage to be set at £10 per hour as agreed at GMB Congress.
"Members make clear in their experience you need at least £10 an hour and a full working week to have a decent life free from benefits and tax credits. Less than £10 an hour means just existing not living. It means a life of isolation, unable to socialise. It means a life of constant anxiety over paying bills and of borrowing from friends, family and pay day loan sharks just to make ends meet."