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MSE News: Minimum wage to rise 3%

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The national minimum wage for adults increases by 20p an hour from today...
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Minimum wage to rise 3%

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  • scooby088
    scooby088 Posts: 3,385 Forumite
    And goes up a full 50p an hour in april for over 25's in april 2016.
  • skintpaul
    skintpaul Posts: 1,510 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    I wonder just what the govt thinks people could buy, with an extra 20p!
    breathe in, breathe out- You're alive! Everything else is a bonus, right? RIGHT??
  • Pincher
    Pincher Posts: 6,552 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    So, if you were making £10,000, you should now get £10,300?

    If I was running a hotel, I would cut your shift by 30 minutes, but still want you to change all the sheets, by 15:30, instead of 16:00

    Breakfast is now served 07:30 to 10:00, instead of 07:00 to 10:00.
  • regbrown
    regbrown Posts: 71 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic
    why are you pushing party political spin?
    Business Secretary Sajid Javid says: "As a one-nation Government ....
    what has that got to do with the anything, just report the facts and leave out political statements like this guff, thanks.
  • CrowCrow
    CrowCrow Posts: 1,030 Forumite
    skintpaul wrote: »
    I wonder just what the govt thinks people could buy, with an extra 20p!

    Who knows what people can buy with an extra £350 a year...
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