{"id":611043,"date":"2026-05-29T21:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/611043\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T21:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:56:10","slug":"uk-government-divided-over-minimum-wage-increase-in-face-of-youth-jobs-crisis-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/611043\/","title":{"rendered":"UK government divided over minimum wage increase in face of youth jobs crisis &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxNOXdLSVZZNnkwWEh3S0FuQ3VocWlfU1YxelJzT21ycG5RNk0wSk5nZWl0TUo4VXpCaTVGbWtJRklZbWR3b3RlcnhlM09McldXS0xVaWhRVlpjQjUwNFl4UFlkVEUzclpQN2VJc3ZBRW5UMkdOdy1HWkJXNUdycHBsX0lhc2dEVzNEeGFSOWNSQkhCaUxmdXlXaDRTZFZ2TFlMN3hrWWF3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK government divided over minimum wage increase in face of youth jobs crisis<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxOSG42MFZUMk93cWlTbzVZU25SOXlMMENJYmlnRGs0YTJJWGVBbWpDYkhjUUNMV2tWREFNZnVDcURyWlQ1Nkt0NHdTWER5T1hfRkNkQ1dZaWdsV0lRZnhhRjgweFZuQWVmMGFCaGhmWS1qcWZvSEo4djhNaUdUUGNMcG9CcHZQWm9nZGhrQnJyZ25kTWQ1LVhTU092bzdVSUFId3lLMWtHVWt2S2xsRllnQm5nMU9SUk5VYnczN3F3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK has no timeline to end lower pay for 18-20 year-olds, minister says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxOeFhUNW80TVhNdzlhSEx3M2k1M1BwVy10dUpPTzNfeGw2ZUdlWjlvQWZoUzQ3XzR4V25Ia3JEdzhBSFFwOVB0ZkpiQ2t2d3ZCQzQxeWtZeGkyYXZWdnN5cnBrSUdRZUpLUk56MGJ1Q3BCX05uWXRIMm56RHZpZ0ViQ0FjZVdBYWRkMUlEY1k2R1VENjJV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Plan to increase minimum wage for under-21s faces delay until after 2029<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The i Paper<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4wFBVV95cUxQa2p6RjN1dmtWeTlwcmY3clhqczBwa2lfcjhjancyLWIyZDY5aGFNR0h0bzRMOG5Ic2EwSV9lSHl0cmJMVzk0RDNsZGgyNzJUZTc2R3ZvOWhNQ0VwVnU0LXByalMxcmt3cVJUZzlQajRrUnV3YmNlMGE1RVZ4Zklwc09GX2FsY09RbTREUmJjeElBZ1lvY05SeG9ubHFSYV8tM3BlcU9tVzNYd29jdm11MWV1WXNFQzBsNjhEVkZHTFNneG9SRkVWcHVXVWtUaGhOZHl5UGRBdWxEcmZYTTZRY2Vwcw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Labour faces union backlash after minister says living wage extension to over-18s not certain before election \u2013 as it happened<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugJBVV95cUxQdzA4azdfcVZyUms4aUUyMEpSNTgzUThuZlJtU1ZOek5PeUVyazFWeklHVG9USXhfM1NodVRqQXB0Yy1yX1hqMzBqVmRTdmxtUGR6elVEOWMwNm45eEtSTEk3aWN5dGhSa25BUnFKRE5TRDZGZVlvNzFVTl9GY2lua2NtSW9lQThFZUdBc1A3NjJZSjFOWlNES1RxX1Z6RzNITDA4MW1LcXJSeDNyLXBIUkxsZlFsU1l6aGY0STRqcDI4VGJOR3duWjhqQlBaaUFnbkZVeXZGSkNiXzhSdEV1alM5NEI2OHhpM3d3LWNwcEJudVJ1UXY5Wk9lMXFUMjlIbWZJNktMME14LW54ZVdtUkhqcHZab0ZjM0tscEl5bVljenRHVDZQUmdPV0pod1QwYU9nVG5oY0EtUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Minister insists Labour will not apply national living wage to all over-18s before election \u2013 UK politics live<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK government divided over minimum wage increase in face of youth jobs crisis&nbsp;&nbsp;The GuardianUK has no timeline to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-611043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}