[Denver]

It's been announced today that the minimum wage will be rising from £8.21 to £8.72 in the biggest ever minimum wage hike

[Kizzy]

Wasn't the goal £9ph minimum by 2020?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Wasn't the goal £9ph minimum by 2020?

"Give them a little. Not too much! That's enough"

- Boris Johnson. December 2019.

[Kizzy]

I'm surprised the Queens speech didn't give us compulsory sun subscription, a gallon of white lightning and food bank vouchers weekly instead of a min wage.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Wasn't the goal £9ph minimum by 2020?

Yes and it was a Tory pledge. Now they're trying to spin missing that target into a positive by making this out to be a "huge increase" that's just been announced

Seems they didn't even hit the already-mentioned adjusted target of £8.67

[Swan]

It's a decent amount, but of course if the Tories were to double the min wage people would still find fault.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Swan

It's a decent amount, but of course if the Tories were to double the min wage people would still find fault.

Yes, let's blame the unwashed masses for the privileged elite not sticking to their own promises.

[Swan]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Yes, let's blame the unwashed masses for the privileged elite not sticking to their own promises.

What a classist comment.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Swan

What a classist comment.

Yes it was. An apt description of your comment.

[Swan]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Yes it was. An apt description of your comment.

Absolutely not, why assume im talking about the people who receive minimum wage? Are you trying to say everyone who's against the Tories receive minimum wage? Or that only those who receive it wont be happy about this, and not those who have higher paid professions?

Those against the Tories (some people) wont be happy about this, regardless of salary. You made this a class thing, not me

[Kizzy]

The plan was to raise the minimum wage incrementally till it reached £9 in April 2020, the fact it wasn't makes this rise look generous when actually it falls woefully short.