The national minimum wage is set to increase from 6 April 2021 raising the minimum salary of those aged 23 or over to GBP 8.91 per hour.
It is also the first time that the National Living Wage will apply to 23 and 24 year olds, previously it only applied to those aged 25 or over. This will benefit around 2 million of the UK’s lowest-paid workers.
In full, the increases are:
- National Living Wage (23+) to increase 2.2%, from £8.72 to £8.91
- National Minimum Wage (21-22) to increase 2%, from £8.20 to £8.36
- National Minimum Wage (18-20) to increase 1.7% from £6.45 to £6.56
- National Minimum Wage (under 18) to increase 1.5% from £4.55 to £4.62
- Apprenticeship Wage to increase 3.6% from £4.15 to £4.30
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