Rachel Reeves on minimum wage rates, Budget 26 November 2025

The statement

I am accepting the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission in full and increasing the minimum wage for 18 to 20-year-olds from £10 to £10.85 per hour, and increasing the living wage from £12.21 to £12.71 per hour.

Rachel Reeves, 26 November 2025. Source

What the sources report

• GOV.UK, National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates reports national Living Wage, aged 21 and over (from April 2026): £12.71 per hour^src
• GOV.UK, National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates reports national Living Wage, aged 21 and over (April 2025 to March 2026): £12.21 per hour^src
• GOV.UK, National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates reports national Minimum Wage, aged 18 to 20 (from April 2026): £10.85 per hour^src
• GOV.UK, National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates reports national Minimum Wage, aged 18 to 20 (April 2025 to March 2026): £10 per hour^src

Notes

GOV.UK lists a rate of £12.71 an hour for workers aged 21 and over from April 2026, up from £12.21, and £10.85 for those aged 18 to 20, up from £10.