The UK Minimum Wage
Why I am worried
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People sometimes ask me to name something about which I have changed my mind. I always answer - minimum wages.
I grew up on minimum wage. My mum earned it for years, before the Thatcher government abolished the Wages Councils. I got minimum wage for my Saturday job aged 14 - £1.17 an hour, £3.50 in today’s money. …