National Living Wage Comes Into Force

Millions of workers will be paid more from today as the new national living wage becomes compulsory. The rate that everyone over the age of 25 can expect to receive is £7.20 per hour, an increase of 50p per hour on the previous minimum wage. But Dr Adam Marshall, the acting director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, said: "The Government's new living wage will apply a ratchet effect to all companies' pay bills, and sits alongside a raft of other high employment-related cost