{"id":22068,"date":"2014-10-27T21:03:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T21:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=22068"},"modified":"2015-10-07T10:43:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T10:43:22","slug":"voxpop-is-minimum-wage-high-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/no-logo\/voxpop-is-minimum-wage-high-enough","title":{"rendered":"Voxpop: Minimum wage high enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The national minimum wage has risen this month but remains lower than the living wage, according to a Government report. The recent wage increase was said to benefit\u00a0Wales\u2019 lowest paid workers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22069\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 407px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/PiggyBank.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22069\" alt=\"The minimum wage in the UK rose from \u00a36.31 to \u00a36.50 in October 2014. {Photograph by www.iheartdaily.com]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/PiggyBank.jpg\" width=\"407\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The minimum wage in the UK rose from \u00a36.31 to \u00a36.50 in October 2014. {Photograph by www.iheartdaily.com]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The hourly adult rate rose in October 2014 from \u00a36.31 to \u00a36.50, but the average wage needed to live according to the Social Mobility Commission remains above this at \u00a37.65 per hour.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22245\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 230px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/minwage_pic2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22245\" alt=\"Wales\u2019 lowest paid workers are said to see nearly \u00a3355 a year benefits from the rise in the national minimum wage. [Photograph by Christopher Furlong, Getty Images]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/minwage_pic2.jpg\" width=\"230\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wales\u2019 lowest paid workers are said to see nearly \u00a3355 a year benefits from the rise in the national minimum wage. [Photograph by Christopher Furlong, Getty Images]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Stephen Crabb, the secretary state for Wales said, \u201cThousands of the hardest working people across Wales will take home more money,\u201d but for many this rise is not high enough.<\/p>\n<p>A recent report from the Social Mobility Commission commented on Ed Milliband\u2019s plans to increase wages to \u00a38 by 2020, and said, \u201cThis is not particularly ambitious as it implies a slower increase rate than in previous years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We asked the public their opinions on the recent rise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National minimum wage rises but still not above the living wage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,55],"tags":[3729,1662,3647,3646,3726,3724,198,1901,3725,3728,98,2890,2874,3639,3638,3727],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Voxpop: Minimum wage high enough? 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