Should The Minimum Wage Be Increased To Match The Average Cost of Living?

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

I am creating this petition as a GCSE citizenship student looking to take action, as required in the specification, to get the minimum wage raised.
The minimum wage has been increased in recent years, however it is still not enough money for people to have a decent living.

For a person working 8 hour shifts, 5 days a week, all year round they would earn £15600. Yearly cost of living = £18180. Average weekly shop = £53.20 (Approx 1/6 of weekly income). Annual cost of running a 2001 Renault Clio = £2500 (on top of cost of car). Amount of people using food banks have increased. According to www.trussellgroup.org - their services fed 1,182,954 people (2016-2017), where as in 2015-2016 they fed 1,103,309 people.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, you could ask for the national minimum wage to be increased to a specific amount.

You can find out about the current rates here:

https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates

Timeline

16 Nov 2017	Petition opened for signatures
29 Nov 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 29 Nov 2017

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