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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Thank you.
I know this might sound very metropolitan elite, but I would expect that any impact on the lowest paid would now be removed by the big increases in the minimum wage.
But this can't be looked at in isolation. From the supply of staff to the NHS to the increase in house prices and rent.
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The minimum wage, since rebranded living wage, is only 15% higher than it was in 2018 in real terms. It's estimated around 5% of workers are on it.
Despite this "in work poverty" continues to trend upwards as it has done for 20 years.