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How much are the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage worth?

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Getty ImagesWages rose for three and a half million low-paid workers on 1 April, when the new rates for the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage took effect. The pay rates are set by the government every year on the advice of an independent group, the Low Pay Commission, and apply across the whole of the UK. A higher hourly rate called the Real Living Wage, paid voluntarily by some UK firms to almost…

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