News this afternoon includes Philip Hammond announcing plans for a rise in the living wage to £9.61ph, making Britain's minimum wage, the highest in the world.
Net of tax, a single person would take home about £320 for a 38hr week.
That should make quite a few people happy. No more poverty wages.
Employers will have to find the money from somewhere or look to the back economy.
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