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not good for small business owners
Daniel Fargnoli
That’s amazing news, will definitely cover my spike in shopping/fuel/insurance etc., so grateful
Ccains Kkaren
Anything is better than nothing but food has gone up, utilities have gone up and they are going up faster than the pay rises, seems as long as the CEOs are getting fantastic bonuses, they don’t give a hoot
Donna Belle
Pay rise, so we get a pay rise, then the supermarkets bump up the prices, in fact all utilities go up so we are still no better off than we were last month
Marc Jury
It’s always good news to see wages go up, but prices will inevitably rise also Jonathan Hume
How can it be considered extra in a country where the price of everything has also risen, and we’re worse off than even 10 years ago Azam Jamil
Cost of living rises outstrip the minimum wage rise so no difference, some people will still be worse off
Mark James Lee
And now there will be even less margin for the small businesses they often work in which will then close, reducing the number of jobs (again)
John Duncan
UK still has one of the lowest state pensions in Europe Hugo Ballantyne
Still don't get why age matters when so many younger folk/ apprentices do more work than the older folk Mechelle Mulligan
Double it, then I’ll be impressed Kimberley Smith
Rents, energy, petrol, utilities, council tax, broadband, food, school uniforms, all up, it’s like a black hole that swallow the extra money and people are playing catch up
Annette Weston
Wages gone up but so has everything else so not going to see any difference!
Clair Venters