Cost Of Living Increase 2025 Uk Government. I can confirm that we will accept the low pay commission recommendation to increase the national living wage by 6.7 per cent to £12.21 an hour, worth up to £1,400 a year. For the first time, the government asked the lpc to take into account the cost of living, including expected trends in inflation up to march 2026, when recommending the nlw.
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