So minimum wage won’t be going up to £9 in April 2020 as pledged

[Lardlizard]

What a suprise
Not going to call it, living wage as it isn’t

Well there’s a surprise

Same all the money saved for the nhs 😏

Yabu to believe anything this government promised. Extract from the guardian last week:

The Conservatives faced criticism earlier this month after including a caveat in the Queen’s speech that the election promise to raise the national living wage to £10.50 by 2024 would only happen “provided economic conditions allow”.

This is my surprised face.

And, of course, these promised rises over five years depend on whether 'economic conditions allow.' Hmmmm....

How do hey have the nerve to call it national living wage when it isn’t !! 🤬🤬🤬

Money needs to move this government doesnt get this

Stupid fuckers

I wonder what the living wage foundation think to the government using this fake name of national living wage 🤬🤬🤬

Well done to everyone who voted Boris!

Surprise surprise

Well blow me down.
Boris lied
Well, at least the glow from the bonfire of regulations (aka workers' rights) will keep those that voted for this unprincipled excuse for a man warm.

And he had already signalled that employee rights would be weakened, as if they weren't weak enough in Britain already. Johnson lies. You were warned.

Not surprised. But gutted for anyone who was hoping for this.

How very predictable.

Really, and people thought the conservatives cared about the low paid
As if

Really?!! Totally shocked.

Boris Johnson lied!!

Well there's a surprise

To be fair - it was George Osborne who pledged £9 back in 2015.
The Office for Budget Responsibility estimated the figure would fall short in 2017 and March 2019. I don't think £9 was pledged by Theresa May or Boris Johnson;

"National living wage’ due to rise to £8.72 in April, falling short of George Osborne’s £9 target."

www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/31/government-misses-minimum-wage-target-set-by-tories-in-2015

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tories-break-pledge-9-minimum-14158572

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-living-wage-increase-2020-government-will-fail-says-watchdog-a7621256.html

bemused that anyone beleived Bojo was telling the truth! It was never going to!

For future reference, there's an easy way to tell when something one of the Conservatives is saying is a lie....

Their lips move.

Boris Johnson didn't pledge this though did he? I'm not sure how he could have lied if he never promised it in the first place?

I’ll be more surprised if they ever keep any of their promises except possibly those made to their super rich chums. It’s not remotely surprising that the tories are already betraying the working class.

If the wages had have risen, then the amount that you can earn before it effects benefits wouldn't have, so tbh, it wouldn't have benefitted anyone who gets in work benefits.

£8.27 is still over 1.2k take home a month. How can that not be a living wage? Ehat do you all spend it on? Even in an expensive rent area I would be fine on this. Wouldnt be able to save as much as I do, but would be fine.