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Low Pay Commission

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Each year, the LPC advises the government on what rates the different minimum wages in the UK should be, announcing its recommendation six months before it would come into force. It is then up to the government to accept or reject the LPC's recommendations. The government has usually accepted the
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Analysis to show which sectors of the economy could afford to pay more than the minimum wage to encourage wage rises.
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The LPC was established in July 1997 on a non-statutory basis before being confirmed in legislation by the
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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility):
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which proposed that the LPC's role should be expanded to include publishing the following:
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Services, Small Business and Exports
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The LPC consists of nine Low Pay Commissioners who are selected by the
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An indication of its intentions for the minimum wage one year ahead.
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Advice for government on low pay policy in the same way that the
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Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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Minister of State for Industry and Investment Security:
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Catalogue of evidence submitted to the LPC, 1997–1998
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National Minimum Wage
non-departmental public body
Department for Business and Trade
National Minimum Wage Act 1998
DBT
trade unionists
academics
Sir David Norgrove
Baroness Philippa Stroud
Resolution Foundation
Office of Budget Responsibility
fiscal policy
Minimum wage law
"Minimum wage: The Low Pay Commission backs a 3% increase"
"Low Pay Commission: About"
"Margaret Thatcher adviser takes role as Low Pay Commission chairman"
"Bryan Sanderson appointed interim Chairman of the Low Pay Commission"
"Mr Bryan Sanderson"
"Low Pay Commission announces new Chair and Commissioners"
"Low Pay Commission needs shake-up to keep up with changing world"
Official website
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Catalogue of evidence submitted to the LPC, 1997–1998
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
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Department for Business and Trade
Ministers

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