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The national minimum wage paid to workers aged 25 or over will rise from £7.50/hour to £7.83/hour next April, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced today.
22 November 2017
An estimated 150,000 workers paid the voluntary living wage are set to see their pay increase by 30p an hour, or 45p in London.
6 November 2017
The Government has named and shamed more than 350 employers who failed to pay workers the national minimum wage, with high street stalwart Debenhams identified as one of the most prominent offenders.
16 February 2017
The estimated 68,000 workers receiving the living wage will see an increase in pay when the UK rate rises by 40p/hour to £8.25/hour, Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced today.
1 November 2015
The national minimum wage for adults increases by 20p an hour from today – the biggest real-term increase since 2007 according to the Government.
1 October 2015
Chancellor George Osborne has outlined a new national minimum wage for over 25s, dubbed the 'national living wage', which while higher than the current minimum wage is not all it's cracked up to be.
8 July 2015
The national minimum wage for adults is to increase by 3% – 20p an hour – from 1 October, the biggest real-term rise in seven years, the Government has today announced.
17 March 2015
4 November 2014
The estimated 35,000 workers receiving the Living Wage will get a boost next year when it increases by 20p/hour to £7.85/hour, it was announced today.
3 November 2014
The national minimum wage is to increase by 3% – 19p an hour – from October, the first time in six years the rise will be higher than inflation.
12 March 2014
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