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Low-paid workers across the country will receive a pay increase this weekend as all rates of the National Minimum Wage rise.
Government accepts NMW recommendations
The Low Pay Commission is seeking evidence to inform its recommendations for the 2021 National Minimum Wage rates.
LPC expenditure from April to June 2022
Details of the Low Pay Commission's spend, April 2016 to March 2017.
The Low Pay Commission (LPC) today welcomed the Government's acceptance of the LPC's recommendations for the future National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.
This page collects the research projects commissioned by the LPC to inform its 2023 recommendations.
The Low Pay Commission (LPC) commissions research projects to inform its work. The following four reports informed the LPC's 2015 recommendations.
New appointments and re-appointments made to the independent Low Pay Commission.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
This blog provides an insight into how the LPC recommend minimum wage rates for the UK and the advice given on the National Living Wage.
The Low Pay Commission (LPC) will be visiting areas across the UK to gather evidence on the National Minimum Wage rates and low pay.
Details of the Low Pay Commission's spend, April 2017 to March 2018.
Details of the Low Pay Commission's spend, April 2018 to June 2018
National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates increased on 1 April.
Low Pay Commission report looks at labour market enforcement in Leicester’s textiles sector.
This report is the conclusion of the Low Pay Commission's two year review of the National Minimum Wage rates for under 25s.
The Low Pay Commission's (LPC) 2018 Report, containing analysis and evidence underpinning the LPC's National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage recommendations.
LPC to gather evidence on the effects of the minimum wage in Neath and Swansea, Ayr and Kilmarnock, Derry, Hartlepool, Great Yarmouth, and Wigan and Manchester.
The independent LPC provides expert advice to the government about the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.
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