Minimum wage to rise to £11.44 per hour

Minimum wage to rise by more than a pound to Â11.44 pe £11.44 per hour l next April next year tional Living Wage is currently Â10.42 a the National Living Wage 23.

Jeremy Hu £10.42 an hour the rate will also 23 pply to 21 and 22 Jeremy Hunt for the first time.

It means a full-tim 21 worke 22-year-olds the wage first d receive a rise worth Â1,800 a year.

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