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Minimum wage set to rise from April – find out how your pay is changing

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Rishi Sunak confirmed in today's budget announcement that basic rate workers will get a 2.2% increase, while the National Living Wage rises to £8.91 an hour.

Unlike previous wage increases, this basic rate increase will include workers aged 23 and over, the age group that previously fell under the lower wage bracket.All the 23 and 24-year-olds that are currently paid £8.20 an hour will be boosted by the news their pay will rise 71 hourly to £8.91 as of next month.

This decision is a U-turn from last year's proposal of a 49p an hour. The increase equates to just a 19p an hour rise basic-rate workers - the majority of whom have already had to endure a 20% hit over the past year due to mandatory furlough.This follows the news that the current.

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