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Minimum wage rates 2026-27: what £12.71 an hour adds up to a year

The National Living Wage for workers aged 21 and over is £12.71 an hour; at 37.5 hours a week for 52 weeks it comes to £24,785 before tax, a sum worked out here rather…

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