Minimum Wage/Living Wage

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills – in the House of Commons at 9:30 am on 8 January 2015.

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Photo of Vincent Cable Vincent Cable The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 9:30, 8 January 2015

It is precisely because of that revenue wedge that the Government have invested so much resource in lifting the threshold so that low-paid workers are not caught in taxation. That has substantially alleviated the pressure on the living standards of low-paid workers.