George Osborne wants to raise the minimum wage to £7. ($11.45) - Polidicks

[img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/72333000/jpg/_72333739_72333738.jpg[/img] [quote]Chancellor George Osborne has said he wants to see an above-inflation increase in the minimum wage. He told the BBC the "economy can now afford" to raise the rate, currently set at £6.31 an hour for people over the age of 21. The call comes after Labour claims that the economic upturn has not translated into improved living standards. But Mr Osborne said it was Labour's fault that they had fallen and he was aiming to make people better-off. The value of the minimum wage, paid to an estimated 1.35 million people, has fallen in real terms since the financial crisis of 2008. The current rate of inflation is 2%. Conservative Mr Osborne told BBC political editor Nick Robinson it would have to increase to £7 an hour by 2015 for its value to return to where it was before the economic downturn struck.[/quote] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25766558[/url]

snip, that was really stupid

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;43559916]Yeah, cause 29 more pence hourly will make a big difference. A few more hours and I can splurge at the candy store for a small handful of treats![/QUOTE] Are you literally pre-pubescent?

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;43559916]Yeah, cause 29 more pence hourly will make a big difference. A few more hours and I can splurge at the candy store for a small handful of treats![/QUOTE] [quote]He told the BBC the "economy can now afford" to raise the rate, currently set at £6.31 an hour for people over the age of 21.[/quote] It would increase by 69 pence, not 29 pence.

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;43559916]Yeah, cause 29 more pence hourly will make a big difference. A few more hours and I can splurge at the candy store for a small handful of treats![/QUOTE] since when were there 60 pennies to a pound

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;43559916]Yeah, cause 29 more pence hourly will make a big difference. A few more hours and I can splurge at the candy store for a small handful of treats![/QUOTE] Have you ever worked?

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;43559916]Yeah, cause 29 more pence hourly will make a big difference. A few more hours and I can splurge at the candy store for a small handful of treats![/QUOTE] Since when does 6.31 + 29 pence = 7 quid?

[QUOTE=geogzm;43559956]Have you ever worked?[/QUOTE] From other threads he says he's a medical professional. Scary that he can't do math but can be a doctor.

[QUOTE=geogzm;43559956]Have you ever worked?[/QUOTE] He's a physician. He's also normally a pretty good poster.

No they don't deserve it when I was 16 I earned the minimum wage of £4.00. If you introduce a higher minimum wage less people are going to want to go into skilled jobs. Anyone and there dog can work a minimum wage job.

[QUOTE=zakedodead;43559980]From other threads he says he's a medical professional. Scary that he can't do math but can be a doctor.[/QUOTE] A medical professional on minimum wage apparently

Labour's economic argument is taking a beating lately. They'll still win tho

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;43559916]Yeah, cause 29 more pence hourly will make a big difference. A few more hours and I can splurge at the candy store for a small handful of treats![/QUOTE] One it's 69 pence, and two, it makes a huge difference when you add up the hours, and for people like me who are on minimum wage, it would hugely help.

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;43559916]Yeah, cause 29 more pence hourly will make a big difference. A few more hours and I can splurge at the candy store for a small handful of treats![/QUOTE] yeah well when you're working 40 hours a week for the rest of your life at minimum wage, every penny counts.

[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;43560011]yeah well when you're working 40 hours a week for the rest of your life at minimum wage, every penny counts.[/QUOTE] I just worked it out and it would be around an extra £110 a month on a standard 40 hour a week job, that actually covers our whole food shop for the month, hope this happens.

[QUOTE=mak364;43559998]No they don't deserve it when I was 16 I earned the minimum wage of £4.00. If you introduce a higher minimum wage less people are going to want to go into skilled jobs. Anyone and there dog can work a minimum wage job.[/QUOTE] Minimum wage for a 16 year old is £3.65, minimum wage for an 18 year old is £4.98, and national minimum wage for over 21's, which the article refers to, is £6.31, and your argument is idiotic, a 69p cost of living adjustment isn't going to make someone say 'Well, I did want to be a doctor but now I can make marginally more money at work, so fuck that!'

im on 4.98 right now, it fucking sucks

[QUOTE=mak364;43559998]No they don't deserve it when I was 16 I earned the minimum wage of £4.00. If you introduce a higher minimum wage less people are going to want to go into skilled jobs. Anyone and there dog can work a minimum wage job.[/QUOTE] "fuck you got mine"

[QUOTE=mak364;43559998]No they don't deserve it when I was 16 I earned the minimum wage of £4.00. If you introduce a higher minimum wage less people are going to want to go into skilled jobs. Anyone and there dog can work a minimum wage job.[/QUOTE] Right, because nobody cares about job satisfaction.

it's amazing how many idiots are so quick to right off wage rises of this size. 69p an hour extra is a huge amount of money for a working class family. if even one member of the family works 40 hours a week, it works out at around £110 a month extra. that's a gas bill paid right there. i'd be pretty happy right now if i were on minimum wage and knew this was coming

George Osborne? Making a positive economic decision? Bloody hell, I didn't know it was April already.

And here I am on £2.68 at the age of 23. Woohoo!

[QUOTE=xianlee;43560898]And here I am on £2.68 at the age of 23. Woohoo![/QUOTE] ??? how?

Apprenticeship :( , Wouldn't surprise me if I didn't get a job at the end of it as well as the business I'm working for has money issues.

If I wasn't sat down already I might have had to take a seat, too bad there's still fuck all jobs about but at least this is a step in the right direction.

I could have sworn he was saying the exact opposite a few weeks ago... This is probably some reaction to the fact that Christmas sales were down because no one has any money to spend, best not let a recession happen again there George. Also a year before an election, this reeks of vote grabbing.

While he's at it they need to make minimum wage equal for all ages if they're doing the same work. Its legal age discrimination, and its complete bullshit.

[QUOTE=Noss;43563896]While he's at it they need to make minimum wage equal for all ages if they're doing the same work. Its legal age discrimination, and its complete bullshit.[/QUOTE] Apparently my time is worth £1.00 an hour less than someone 1 year older than me (i'm 20) even though i've been working this job for two years now. It sucks, it's just an excuse for business's to pay younger people slave wages.

I'm working in retail and getting £7.10/hour which I suppose is pretty good for an 18 year old

[QUOTE=mak364;43559998]No they don't deserve it when I was 16 I earned the minimum wage of £4.00. If you introduce a higher minimum wage less people are going to want to go into skilled jobs. Anyone and there dog can work a minimum wage job.[/QUOTE] And now you're what? 17? Because clearly you don't know how hard it is to live off such a small amount of money? [editline]16th January 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Wolfyhound;43564111]I'm working in retail and getting £7.10/hour which I suppose is pretty good for an 18 year old[/QUOTE] Minimum wage in the U.S. is £5.33/hr.