Third of UK to benefit from National Living Wage

Posted on 31 Mar 2016 by Victoria Fitzgerald

From April 1, UK workers aged 25 and over, who earn the minimum rate of £6.70 per hour will receive a 50p pay increase.

More than one million workers are set see their pay packets rise by up to £900 a year. Government has called it “the largest annual increase in a minimum wage rate across any G7 country since 2009, in cash and real terms”. However, according to a report released by think tank, Resolution Foundation, the number of…

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