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The Low Pay Commission is an independent body that advises the government about the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage. LPC is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade .
The LPC has updated its list of low-paying sectors. This page contains tables with full details of the new occupation and industry groups.
The LPC commissions research projects to inform its work.
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
Inheritance Tax (IHT) is paid when a person's estate is worth more than £325,000 when they die - exemptions, passing on property. Sometimes known as death duties.
This page collects research published by the Low Pay Commission from 2012 onwards.
This page collects the annual reports from the Low Pay Commission to the Government on the National Minimum Wage.
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