Petition · past parliament
Raise youth minimum wage to be more coherent with a living wage.
Rejected
15 signatures
What the petition asks
The living wage of £7.20 per hour is currently only paid to those over the age of 25, falling incrementally to £4.00 per hour for workers under 18, with no discernible reason as to why. Surely, workers with the same skills doing the same job should be paid the same wages?
Those earning minimum wage tend to be doing unskilled work, with very little difference in productivity between those aged 17 and those aged 70. People under the age of 25 still pay taxes, bills, and so forth. In some cases, younger workers may have or be working to a higher level of education than older workers. Therefore, their wages should be enough for them too to live, rather than just survive.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 2 Feb 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Feb 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
15
Status
Rejected
Rejected
21 Feb 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.