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Originally Posted by nomadking
I referred to it as the 'new minimum level'. Therefore there would be no difference at all, as they would be one and the same thing.
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A living wage is worked out to give workers a wage they can live off ,worked out to keep up with the cost of living ,rising with the cost of living and meaning less dependence on benefits .
The minimum wage is not even close to that .It is a legal minimum that employers must pay their workers that has no relation whatsoever with the cost of living ,it encourages low pay ,increases benefit dependency and costs the treasury billions of pounds annually in tax credits and benefits .
One thing they are not is the same