Launched by the Low Pay Commission, the consultation seeks your views on the effects of planned rises to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) in 2021.
The NLW will rise 6% to £8.72 from April. Currently it is only for those aged 25 and over, but the Government plans to lower the age threshold to 23 in 2021 and 21 by 2024.
Childcare is one of the four least well-paid sectors in the UK economy, along with hair and beauty, cleaning, and hospitality. A Nursery World investigation last year into working poverty found that one in ten childcare practitioners have a household income which meets the definition of relative poverty, and that half earned 17k or less.
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