UK weighs delaying equal pay for 18–20s amid youth unemployment concerns
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Ministers are reportedly weighing delaying the plan to remove discretionary age bands and raise 18–20-year-olds’ minimum wage to match those over 21, despite Labour’s manifesto commitment. With youth unemployment around 16% and employers warning higher wages may deter hiring, ministers may slow the timetable, though a full reversal is unlikely.
- Plan to increase youth minimum wage could be delayed BBC
- Labour may drop minimum wage pledge over youth jobless fears The Times
- You cannot sustain high youth employment while raising hiring costs Financial Times
- 'The search is soul-destroying': Young jobseekers on the struggle to find work BBC
- Plans to equalise minimum wage for older and younger workers could be delayed The Independent
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