National Minimum Wage 2025/26 2025 Changes. This is called the national minimum wage (nmw) or the national living wage (nlw) for employees aged 21 or over. I write with the low pay commission’s (lpc) recommendations for the rates of the national living wage (nlw) and national minimum wage (nmw) to apply from april 2025.
The national living wage (nlw). This age threshold came down from 25 to 23 in april 2021 and from 23 to 21 in april 2024.