UK’s ‘national living wage’ to rise by nearly 10% to £11.44 an hour

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says earnings of full-time workers will rise by 1,800 a year as a the result of move

Nearly 3 million low-paid workers will receive a pay increase of almost 10% next spring after the chancellor announced an increase in the national living wage" to 11.44 an hour.

Jeremy Hunt said the earnings of full-time workers would rise by 1,800 a year as a result of a move that the Low Pay Commission (LPC) said met the 2019 Conservative pledge to end poverty pay in the UK.