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National Minimum Wage Increase announced today ....
07/04/2011
The Government announced today that the national minimum wage is to increase by 15p an hour to £6.08 in October, benefiting almost a million workers.
Ministers said they had accepted recommendations from the Low Pay Commission, giving a new adult rate of £6.08, while the statutory wage for 18-20-year-olds will increase by 6p to £4.98 an hour. The rate for 16-17-year-olds will increase by 4p to £3.68 an hour and the rate for apprentices will increase by 10p to £2.60 an hour.
The adult increase is worth 2.5 per cent, below the rate of inflation, while the new figure of £6.08 compares with the first ever national minimum wage of £3.60 an hour for adults and £3 for younger workers when they were introduced in 1999.
Young workers: The rate for 16-17-year-olds will increase by 4p to £3.68 an hour
Business Secretary Vince Cable said: ‘More than 890,000 of Britain's lowest-paid workers will gain from these changes. They are appropriate, reflecting the current economic uncertainty while at the same time protecting the UK's lowest-paid workers.
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