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Written Question
Minimum Wage
Tuesday 9th December 2025

Asked by: Gill German (Labour - Clwyd North)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people will receive the increased National Minimum Wage.

Answered by James Murray - Chief Secretary to the Treasury

From 1 April 2026, around 2.7m low-paid workers are expected to benefit from the uplifts to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage.