![]() ![]() He will contrast his government with those that decided to “reach for the same old lever of uncontrolled migration to keep wages low” and will promise “not to use immigration as an excuse for failure to invest in people, in skills and in the equipment or machin- ery they need to do their jobs. Speaking 11 years after the Conservatives entered Downing Street, Johnson will say that his government is “embarking now on the change of direction that has been long overdue in the UK economy” and that “we are not going back to the same old broken model with low wages, low growth, low skills and low productivity, all of it enabled and assisted by uncontrolled immigration”. A new minimum wage of £9.42 would represent the third biggest annual rise since the financial c rash. “We are dealing with the biggest underlying issues of our economy and society the problems that no govern- ment has had the guts to tackle before.” Ministers see the impending boost to the minimum wage, which would take effect in April, as a way to help tackle what Johnson believes is a “low-wage, low-cost approach” across the eco- nomy. “After decades of drift and dither, this reforming government, this can-do government that got Brexit done, is getting the vaccine rollout done and is going to get social care done,” Johnson is expected to say. The prime minister will use his conference speech today to say that unlike his Conservative predecessors he has the “guts” to change the direction of Britain and level up the country. To someone working 35 hours per week, the increase would be worth an extra £928 a year before tax. ![]() ![]() ![]() The announcement will mean the annual earnings of someone on the “national living wage” - the minimum wage paid to p eople over the age of 23 - increasing by 5.7 per cent. Has been told that the prime minister will accept the recommendations of independent advisers that are likely to boost the pay of the lowest earners to about £9.42 an hour. ![]()
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