Labour sets out plan to link minimum wage to cost of living

Exclusive: earnings of lowest-paid could rise by 832; lower rates for 18- to 22-year-olds to be scrapped

Labour has drawn up plans to put hundreds of pounds into the pockets of the lowest-paid by instructing the Low Pay Commission to factor in living costs when it sets the minimum wage.

They also want to scrap the lower pay categories for workers aged between 18 and 22, so that everyone would be paid at the higher rate.