Video: Rise in minimum wage
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg discussed the announcement that the national minimum wage is to increase by 20p an hour to £6.70.
A minimum wage of under £3 would be “pretty low even for apprentices”, Nick Clegg said as the Government overruled a pay body to award a significantly bigger rise to people learning on the job.
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Hide AdThe change will see the minimum wage go up to £6.70 from its current level of £6.50.
More than one million people across the UK are set to benefit from the three per cent increase.
Minimum wages for 18 to 20-year-olds will also go up by three per cent from October, from £5.13 to £5.30, and by two per cent for 16 and 17-year-olds, taking the rate to £3.87
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