Minimum wage increases to Â£5.35
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The minimum wage rate has increased, but many people in the UK do not get the right amount for their work.
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Research suggests employers would pay an extra Â£2,261 a year to staff with five good GCSEs.
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The US Senate votes to raise the minimum wage by $2.10 per hour to $7.25 and cut taxes for small firms.
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RE the letter from an ex- Scottish Gas customer, I have the same problem.  I pay my son's electricity bill on the internet, and had a message that his payment was to rise by pounds 14 per month, despite the fact that I opted for the capped bill until 2010.
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The governing Labour Party said Tuesday it was 25 million pounds (37 million euros, 51 million dollars) in the red, despite cutting two million pounds off its debts last year.
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The Bank of England raises UK interest rates to 5.75% as it tries to bring inflation under control.
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Servicemen and women will receive a pay an above-inflation pay rise of 2.6%, the defence secretary, Des Browne, said today
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Higher earners could face increased fines for minor offences under government plans.
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The NUT seeks a minimum rise of 10% or Â£3,000 for staff in England and Wales from September 2008.
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Wages rose faster than expected in the June-August period but analysts say the increases are still not high enough to cause inflation worries at the Bank of England.
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Republicans in the State Senate forced through a measure to gradually raise the minimum wage by $2 to $7.15 an hour by January 2007.
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Congress won't give you one--the federal minimum wage is still $5.15. Although 22 states require employers to pay more (and six more may do so in November), activists in Chicago and elsewhere are pressing for a "living wage" to help the working poor.
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Food costs went up again but consumers got a break at the gas pumps in June, helping to lower inflation to 0.2 percent, the smallest increase in five months.
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America's lowest-paid workers won a $2.10 raise Thursday, with Congress approving the first increase in the federal minimum wage in almost a decade.
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Annual price inflation of goods leaving UK factories hit 5% - driven by fuel and food costs, official figures show.
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Average wages in the UK are rising as the unemployment rate falls to the lowest level for two years.
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Â· Poll finds support rising for EU membership  Â· Labour up a point to 35%, Tories down two to 37%