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The national minimum wage will increase by 20p an hour to £6.70.
Almost five million workers in the UK earn less than the living wage of £9.15 an hour in London and £7.85 an hour elsewhere.
Clothes retailer H&M, who failed to pay £177,000 to 540 workers, is one of the group of companies that didn't pay the minimum wage.
A review in army pay claims that long hours worked by troops may mean that they are earning less than the minimum wage.
Business secretary Vince Cable has announced that the national minimum wage will increase by 3% to £6.50 an hour starting in October.
The 52-year-old Britain’s Got Talent runner-up, who is worth an estimated £20million, reportedly applied for a cashier role.
The business secretary will crack down on rogue employees and make them pay a maximum of £20,000 for every worker denied minimum wage.
The UK's national minimum wage rises from 4.85 an hour to 5.05 tomorrow, in line with recommendations from the Low Pay Commission.
