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Policy Paper Published 30 Oct 2024 Low Pay Commission ↗ View on GOV.UK

Minimum wage rates for 2025

National Minimum Wage rates for April 2025, including the National Living Wage.

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The Government has announced National Minimum Wage rates for 2025, including the National Living Wage. The new rates which will come into force from 1 April 2025 are as follows:

NMW Rate Increase (£) Increase (%)
National Living Wage (21 and over) £12.21 £0.77 6.7
18-20 Year Old Rate £10.00 £1.40 16.3
16-17 Year Old Rate £7.55 £1.15 18.0
Apprentice Rate £7.55 £1.15 18.0
Accommodation Offset £10.66 £0.67 6.7

This page contains our advice to the Government on the 2025 minimum wage rates and a short report summarising the evidence we used to make our recommendations. Our full annual report will be laid before Parliament and published in the new year.

Read our press notice here