Rejected petition Enforce programs providing gainful employment including raising the minimum wage

Without wasting time, the minimum wage should be increased immediately to £7.81 an hour, Britain’s biggest trade union proves this, also arguing it would boost the economy as well as lift millions of low paid workers out of poverty.

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Date submitted 17 February 2016
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