Category: Minimum wage

Do you remember your first crappy job? Today’s young people would wish for half your luck | Gaby Hinsliff

The youth minimum wage is set to rise over this parliament, but it’s putting off employers from hiring people into their first rolesWhen Keir Starmer was 14 years old, he got a part-time job clearing stones from a local...

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UK politics: Starmer says Reform’s pledge to restore two-child benefit cap in full is ‘shameful’ – as it happened

Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick has announced party’s plans to cut welfare spendingRobert Jenrick, Reform UK’s Treasury spokesperson, is giving his speech now.He has announced, or confirmed, three measures to cut...

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UK politics: Starmer says Reform’s pledge to restore two-child benefit cap in full is ‘shameful’ – as it happened

Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick has announced party’s plans to cut welfare spendingRobert Jenrick, Reform UK’s Treasury spokesperson, is giving his speech now.He has announced, or confirmed, three measures to cut...

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Starmer says Reform’s pledge to restore two-child benefit cap in full is ‘shameful’ – UK politics live

Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick has announced party’s plans to cut welfare spendingRobert Jenrick, Reform UK’s Treasury spokesperson, is giving his speech now.He has announced, or confirmed, three measures to cut...

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Jenrick says Reform UK would only allow British nationals to claim benefits – UK politics live

Reform UK’s Treasury spokersperson announces party’s plans to cut welfare spendingRobert Jenrick, Reform UK’s Treasury spokesperson, is giving his speech now.He has announced, or confirmed, three measures to...

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Starmer urged to stick to manifesto following reports lifting of youth minimum wage may be delayed – UK politics live

GMB union tells Labour delaying or halting equalisation to adult rates would be unacceptableGood morning. Figures out yesterday showed that the unemployment rate for 18- to 24-year-olds was 14% in the three months to December,...

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Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t | Polly Toynbee

It’s all there: more apprenticeships, more rights for workers and renters – and most of all, a focus on children. What a shame Labour wavers about saying soWarning. This column contains good news, when it is an...

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Budget 2025: Reeves claims freezing tax thresholds in budget does not breach manifesto pledge – as it happened

Chancellor says she will not ‘get into semantics’ when questioned on issue after her statementAt a glance: the key points from the budgetHow does freezing income tax thresholds affect you?Paul Nowak, the TUC general...

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Budget 2025 live: Reeves claims freezing tax thresholds in budget does not breach manifesto pledge

Chancellor says she will not ‘get into semantics’ when questioned on issue after her statementAt a glance: the key points from the budgetHow does freezing income tax thresholds affect you?Paul Nowak, the TUC general...

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Budget 2025 live: Reeves scraps two-child benefit cap and confirms mansion tax as OBR apologises for leaking details

Office for Budget Responsibility blames ‘technical error’ after forecasts were published ahead of budgetAt a glance: the key points from the budgetHow does freezing income tax thresholds affect you?Paul Nowak, the...

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Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves sets out tax rises and council changes as OBR apologises for leaking details

Office for Budget Responsibility blames ‘technical error’ after forecasts were published before chancellor gave her statementAt a glance: the key points from the budgetPaul Nowak, the TUC general secretary, has...

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