After all, many of the young people affected will be voting at the next election. Second, there was press coverage of the de facto raising of the minimum school-leaving age to 18. No young people below this age would forthwith be outside of some form of learning, whether in school, in training or in the workplace.
The two ideas are not, of course, wholly incompatible, though it is odd that there should be a minimum wage for those who are to be, in effect, removed from the labour market. The devil, as always, will be in the detail.
Will the many who are in part-time employment benefit from the proposed minimum wage? What will the implications be for job opportunities?
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