Following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, the national living wage (NLW) and national minimum wage (NMW) rates will increase from 1 April 2023. The increase will be as follows:
| Current Rate (April 2022 – March 2023) | New Rate (with effect from 1 April 2023) | |
| 23 and over | £9.50 | £10.42 |
| 21 to 22 | £9.18 | £10.18 |
| 18 to 20 | £6.83 | £7.49 |
| Under 18 | £4.81 | £5.28 |
| Apprentice | £4.81 | £5.28 |
Other statutory rate increases for April 2023 are as follows:
- The weekly rate for Statutory Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared Parental and Parental Bereavement Pay, and the Statutory Maternity Allowance will increase from £156.66 per week to £172.48 per week.
- The weekly rate of Statutory Sick Pay will increase from £99.35 per week to £109.40 per week.
