Petition Raise minimum wage for 16 year olds to £5 an hour

Minors work just as well as young adults, so why is there such a large difference between wages? This is unfair because many minors struggle to support themselves and they want to become more independent but cannot because they are constantly relying on their parents to provide them with money.

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This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

129 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 129 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 19 April 2019
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