Low Pay Commission
January 2026
Low Pay Commission regional visits 2026
November 2025
LPC recommendations take the National Living Wage to £12.71
August 2025
National Living Wage estimate update
March 2025
National Living Wage increases to £12.21
December 2024
Over 370,000 workers were underpaid in April 2024
October 2024
National Living Wage to increase to £12.21 in April 2025
March 2024
LPC recommends moving towards a National Living Wage for over-18s
November 2023
Largest ever cash increase to the minimum wage
September 2023
Lack of job mobility traps low-paid workers in underpayment
April 2023
Invitation to tender for research for the 2023 report and beyond
March 2023
Largest ever cash increase in the National Living Wage to boost pay for mil…
November 2022
Large minimum wage increases help protect low-paid workers’ living standard…
July 2022
Fear and insecurity mean workers do not report underpayment
March 2022
National Living Wage Increase boosts pay of low-paid workers
October 2021
Large minimum wage increase to boost low-paid workers’ incomes
May 2021
Minimum wage enforcement must adapt to a post-Covid labour market, says Low…
April 2021
National Living Wage extended to younger workers
February 2021
Invitation to Tender for research for the 2021 report and beyond
November 2020
National Living Wage increase to protect workers' living standards
May 2020
Low Pay Commission urges action on illegal underpayment of apprentices
March 2020
National Living Wage increase raises income of low-paid workers
Low Pay Commission welcomes new remit from Government
February 2020
LPC Research: Invitation to Tender for 2020 Report and beyond
December 2019
National Living Wage to hit 60 per cent target in April
November 2019
LPC advice to Government on the future of the minimum wage
September 2019
National Living Wage to apply to 21 year olds
April 2019
Minimum wage underpayment on the rise, Low Pay Commission finds
March 2019
20 years of the National Minimum Wage have boosted pay by £5,000
Low Pay Commission welcomes review of international evidence on minimum wag…
February 2019
Low Pay Commission's 2019 visits announced
Low Pay Commission publishes research on the effects of the minimum wage on…
December 2018
LPC publishes its recommendations to tackle one-sided flexibility
November 2018
Up to 5 million workers benefited from the National Living Wage in 2018
October 2018
LPC welcomes acceptance of its 2019 minimum wage rate recommendations
May 2018
Low Pay Commission holding drop-in session in Barnstaple on minimum wage
March 2018
Record numbers of low paid workers to get above inflation pay increase
February 2018
Low Pay Commission visits programme 2018
Government’s response to the Taylor review of modern working practices
November 2017
Largest rise in National Minimum Wage rates for young people in a decade
LPC welcomes acceptance of its recommended minimum wage rates
September 2017
Government seeks new Low Pay Commissioners
Low Pay Commission report on non-compliance with the minimum wage
July 2017
Low Pay Commission visit to Melton
June 2017
Low Pay Commission visit to Newport and Gwent
March 2017
Low Pay Commission analysis of 1 April 2017 minimum wage rise
February 2017
Invitation to tender for research from the Low Pay Commission 2017
Low Pay Commission visits programme 2017
November 2016
Low Pay Commission welcomes acceptance of new minimum wage rates
October 2016
The Government accepts minimum wage rate recommendations
May 2016
Invitation to tender for research from the Low Pay Commission 2016-17
March 2016
National Minimum Wage Visits Programme 2016: Find out how to get involved
November 2015
How does the minimum wage affect you?
September 2015
National Minimum Wage (NMW) Blog
Low pay, productivity and the National Living Wage
August 2015
Have your say on the UK minimum wage rates
March 2015
The government accepts minimum wage rate recommendations
February 2015
Low Pay Commission recommends 3% increase in the National Minimum Wage to £…
September 2014
What impact does the minimum wage have in Norfolk and Suffolk?
July 2014
How does the minimum wage impact you?
How does the minimum wage impact you?
Have your say on the National Minimum Wage
March 2014
The government accepts wage rate recommendations
February 2014
Low Pay Commission recommends new minimum wage rates
September 2013
How does the minimum wage impact you? Low Pay Commission visits Newport and…
How does the minimum wage impact you? Low Pay Commission visits Middlesbrou…
August 2013
Low Pay Commission visit to Lincoln and Boston
June 2013
Low Pay Commission visit to Northern Ireland
May 2013
Visits programme: gathering evidence for the 2014 report
Low Pay Commission visit to Scotland
April 2013
LPC welcomes the acceptance of its National Minimum Wage recommendations
December 2012
Low Pay Commission visit to Blackburn & Preston
November 2012
Low Pay Commission visit to London
Low Pay Commission visit to Sheffield
October 2012
Government announces new commissioner to the Low Pay Commission
September 2012
Low Pay Commission visit to Harlow College
Low Pay Commission visit to Bangor and Anglesey
July 2012
Low Pay Commission consultation on the accommodation offset
Low Pay Commission visit to Ely
June 2012
Low Pay Commission visit to Hawick and Edinburgh
Low Pay Commission consultation on the National Minimum Wage
Low Pay Commission visit to Belfast
Re-appointment of Heather Wakefield as commissioner to the Low Pay Commissi…