Around two million of the UK’s lowest-paid workers will receive a “well-earned” pay rise from Thursday with increases in statutory minimum wages.
Workers are being urged to check their pay packets as the National Living Wage rises by 2.2% to £8.91, the equivalent of more than £345 a year for a full-time employee, and will be given to 23 and 24-year-olds for the first time.
The Living Wage Foundation said workers paid the voluntary so-called Real Living Wage will receive £1,150 more over the coming year, and £3,800 in London, compared with those on the statutory rate.
Ministers said the increase means a full-time worker on the National Living Wage will be taking home £5,400 more annually than they were in 2010, and it will particularly benefit workers in sectors such as retail, hospitality and cleaning and maintenance.
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About two million of the UK s lowest-paid workers will get a pay rise from Thursday as the minimum wage goes up.
The National Living Wage will rise 2.2% to £8.91, the equivalent of more than £345 a year for a full-time employee.
It will also be given to 23 and 24-year-olds for the first time, not just those aged 25 and over.
Statutory rates for apprentices and those aged between 18 and 22 will also rise, along with the voluntary Real Living Wage .
However, hundreds of thousands of low-paid workers on furlough will see no uplift at all after they were excluded.
Millions receive well-earned pay rise as minimum wage rates increase
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The National Living Wage is now £8.91 (Image: Getty)
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image captionKen Wright, co-owner of the Phoenix Arts Club, is worried about the future of his business
About two million of the UK s lowest-paid workers will get a pay rise from Thursday as the minimum wage goes up.
The headline National Living Wage will rise by 2.2% to £8.91, the equivalent of more than £345 a year for a full-time employee.
But Ken Wright, co-owner of the Phoenix Arts Club in Soho, is wringing his hands in despair over how he will afford the pay rise during a pandemic. What we ve been asked to do is more, with less, he told the BBC.
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