The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Low Pay Commission set and review the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates, with recent focus on impacts for young people and regional variations (particularly Wales). Multiple bills and draft regulations (2026) are progressing, alongside consultation on gig economy and self-employment coverage. This remains an active area of employment and wage policy.
A Bill to make provision about the national minimum wage; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to make provision about the national minimum wage; and for connected purposes.
Second Reading 14:19:00 Holly Lynch (Halifax) (Lab): I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. It is a pleasure to have the chance to present my Bill calling on the Government to extend the national …
A Bill to extend the National Living Wage to people aged 18 to 24.
Second Reading 09:49:00 Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell) (Con): I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I have raised this matter in the Chamber on a number of occasions, not least when I presented …
Proceedings resumed . 11:24:00 Mr Nuttall: Before the urgent question, I had just set out some of the ways in which the present Government are enforcing the national minimum wage. It appears, at least on the face of it, to …
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to apply the provisions of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 to workplace internships; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to require listed companies to report annually on the percentage of their staff paid below a Living Wage; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to set a target for the Low Pay Commission to increase the minimum wage during the term of a Parliament; to require the Low Pay Commission to write to the Secr
A Bill to make provision that persons receiving a training wage are exempt from legislation relating to the minimum wage; and for connected purposes.
A Bill to enable the national minimum wage to be varied to reflect local labour market conditions; and for connected purposes.