National Minimum Wage 2025/2026. With rates increasing 6.7% for workers aged 21 and over. On 30 july 2024, the government delivered its remit to the low pay commission (lpc) in relation to recommending a national living wage (nlw) rate applicable from april.

The government has now announced the new national minimum wage rates, set to take effect from 1 april 2025. On 30 october, the government announced changes to the national insurance contributions (nics) secondary threshold, secondary class 1 rate, an increase in employment allowance.