New Minimum Wage Rates Announced

The Low Pay Commission has today published it's report, including recommending the new NMW rates from October.

Adult rate will go up from £5.52 to £5.73

18-21 rate will go up from £4.60 t0 £4.77

16-17 rate will go up from £3.40 to £3.53

On the Youth Rates, the LPC again failed to agree with us that the youth rates should be phased out.

However they did recommend that the adult rate should start at 21 (whereas it starts at 22 currently), but the Government have again rejected that recommendation.