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.
National Minimum Wage rates for April 2025, including the National Living Wage.
In response to: National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage: Low Pay Commission remit 2022
The government’s remit to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) outlining the areas they should consider when recommending the 2023 National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates.
In response to: National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage: Low Pay Commission remit 2021
The government’s remit to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) outlining the areas they should consider when recommending the 2022 National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates.
In response to: National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage: Low Pay Commission remit 2020
The government’s remit to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) outlining the areas they should consider when recommending the 2021 National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates.
The government's response to the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations on National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.
The government’s remit to the Low Pay Commission (LPC) outlining the areas they should consider when recommending the 2020 National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates.
The government's response to the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations on National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.
The government's response to the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations on National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates.
The government has published a new remit for the Low Pay Commission (LPC).
Provides the government's responses to the Low Pay Commission recommendations on National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates.
Explains the national living wage (NLW) announced in the Summer Budget 2015.