The national living wage is set to increase to at least £11 an hour from next April, the chancellor has confirmed.
In a speech to the Conservative Party conference, Jeremy Hunt said the move would benefit two million of the lowest-paid workers.
He also promised to review the sanctions regime to ensure “fairness” in the benefits system.
He also promised to review the sanctions regime to ensure “fairness” in the benefits system.
He told delegates the cap, which will run until April 2025, would ensure the overall size of the government workforce grows no further.
Individual departments will be asked to draw up “productivity plans” to fulfil the existing target, first announced in 2021, to reduce the size of the Civil Service to the size it was before the Covid pandemic.
The national living wage – as it has been officially called since 2016 – is lowest amount workers aged 23 and over can be paid per hour by law, and is currently £10.42 an hour. There are lower rates for younger workers.
The rates are decided each year by the government, based on the advice of an independent advisory group, the Low Pay Commission. Ministers generally accept the commission’s recommendations.
The national living wage is set to increase to at least £11 an hour from next April, the chancellor has confirmed.
He also promised to review the sanctions regime to ensure “fairness” in the benefits system.
In a speech to the Conservative Party conference, Jeremy Hunt said the move would benefit two million of the lowest-paid workers.
He told delegates the cap, which will run until April 2025, would ensure the overall size of the government workforce grows no further.
He also promised to review the sanctions regime to ensure “fairness” in the benefits system.
He also promised to review the sanctions regime to ensure “fairness” in the benefits system.
He told delegates the cap, which will run until April 2025, would ensure the overall size of the government workforce grows no further.
Individual departments will be asked to draw up “productivity plans” to fulfil the existing target, first announced in 2021, to reduce the size of the Civil Service to the size it was before the Covid pandemic.
The national living wage – as it has been officially called since 2016 – is lowest amount workers aged 23 and over can be paid per hour by law, and is currently £10.42 an hour. There are lower rates for younger workers.
The rates are decided each year by the government, based on the advice of an independent advisory group, the Low Pay Commission. Ministers generally accept the commission’s recommendations.
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