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On 1 April 2025, minimum wage rates will increase. This short report from the Low Pay Commission looks at the impact of those changes.
These research reports were commissioned by the Low Pay Commission to inform recommendations on minimum wage rates for 2025.
The Low Pay Commission's annual report sets out in full the evidence and analysis which informed recommendations for minimum wage rates from April 2025.
Invitation to tender for research for the Low Pay Commission's 2025 report and beyond
This report by the Low Pay Commission looks at the latest evidence on underpayment and enforcement of the minimum wage.
This short report looks at the impact of the increase in National Minimum Wage rates in April 2024, and projects the National Living Wage rate for April 2025.
This page contains the Low Pay Commission's advice to the Government on minimum wage policy beyond 2024.
Research commissioned in 2022 to inform recommendations to the Government on the National Minimum Wage.
This page collects the research projects commissioned by the LPC to inform its 2023 recommendations.
This report sets out the evidence the LPC relied on to recommend the rates of the National Minimum Wage, including the National Living Wage, from April 2024.
Fees and expenses paid to Low Pay Commissioners between April 2021 and March 2022.
An independent research report from researchers at Sheffield Hallam University, reviewing the experiences of those paid the Apprentice Rate of the minimum wage.
The Government has announced National Minimum Wage rates for April 2024, including the National Living Wage.
An in-house report from the Low Pay Commission, using geography, gender and age to look at the effects of the National Living Wage to March 2020.
The LPC's 2023 report on compliance and enforcement presents data on underpayment and explores the persistence of underpayment for individual workers.
This page contains the research reports commissioned by the Low Pay Commission which were used to inform our 2021 Report.
The Low Pay Commission's annual report for 2022 sets out in full the evidence used to inform its recommendations on National Minimum Wage rates.
This report by the Low Pay Commission marks the increase in all rates of the National Minimum Wage in April 2023 and looks ahead to rates for 2024 and beyond.
This letter and short report sets out the Low Pay Commission's recommendations on National Minimum Wage rates for April 2023.
The Low Pay Commission's 2022 compliance and enforcement report looks at the example of the Leicester textiles sector.
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