LPC recommendations take the National Living Wage to £13.21
What was announced
Minimum wage rates announced for April 2027
Key points, in the publisher's words
- The Government has today announced increases to minimum wage rates from April 2027. The National Living Wage (NLW), the minimum wage rate for all workers aged 21 and over, will rise by 3.9 per cent to £13.21. The minimum wage for 18-20 year olds will increase to £11.27 and the rates for 16-17 year olds and apprentices will increase to £8.31, all of which are 3.9 per cent increases in line with that for the NLW.
- In announcing these increases, the Government has accepted in full the recommendations made by the Low Pay Commission.
- Although our recommendation for the NLW will not reach the two thirds of median earnings reference point set out in our remit, it still makes progress towards it. Commissioners remain committed to reaching the remit’s key reference point of two thirds of median earnings when economic conditions allow.
Figures in this announcement
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- “The National Living Wage (NLW), the minimum wage rate for all workers aged 21 and over, will rise by 3.9 per cent to £13.21.”
- “The minimum wage for 18-20 year olds will increase to £11.27 and the rates for 16-17 year olds and apprentices will increase to £8.31, all of which are 3.9 per cent increases in line with that for the NLW.”
- “We recommend a 3.9 per cent increase or 42p to £11.27 for 18-20 year olds.”
- “For 16-17 year olds, the vast majority of whom are in full-time education, the recommended increase is 31p to £8.31.”
- “In light of this, alongside some concern from employers about the cost of employing apprentices, we are recommending an increase of 31p to £8.31 (3.9 per cent).”
- “In April 2027 it will increase to £11.53 per day.”
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Who and where
UK bodies of power
- Low Pay Commission (advisory non-departmental public body) · more news
Where this sits in the 10 levels of power
Topics, as GOV.UK files them: Labour market reform.
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- Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lpc-recommendations-take-the-national-living-wage-to-1321
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