Government increases minimum wage to £11.44 per hour
The government has said it will increase the minimum wage to £11.44 per hour from April next year.
The minimum wage, officially called the national living wage, is currently £10.42 an hour for workers over 23. But chancellor Jeremy Hunt has decided to also apply the rate to 21 and 22-year-olds for the first time.
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