Question follow-through · 97870
Living Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the government intends to equalise the National Living Wage rates for workers over 18 years old.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 8 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the government intends to equalise the National Living Wage rates for workers over 18 years old.
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Dec 2025
Answer published
The removal of the 18–20-year-old age band is a manifesto pledge; we remain committed to the equalisation of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW). The latest increase to the NMW of 8.5% continues to close the gap between the 18-2...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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