Written Question·Treasury·UIN 30332

Minimum Wage and State Retirement Pensions

Tabled: 10 February 2025
Answered: 18 February 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to reduce the difference between the minimum wage and the State Pension.

Answer

Darren Jones
The National Living Wage (NLW) and the National Minimum Wage (NMW) are the legal wage floors that employers must follow. The NLW rate is the minimum hourly wage for eligible workers aged 21 and over and the NMW is minimum hourly wage for eligible workers ...

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