To support the self-employed through the coronavirus outbreak the Government has introduced the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS).
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The National Minimum Wage: historical background (255 KB, PDF)
This note provides an overview of the historical background to the National Minimum Wage Act 1998. It discusses the establishment of Trade Boards, which subsequently became Wages Councils; the abolition of Wages Councils; proposals for a national minimum wage in the run up to the 1992 and 1997 General Elections; and the enactment of the 1998 Act.
Further background information can be found in Library Research Papers 99/18, dated 19 February 1999, on the National Minimum Wage, and 97/133 dated 4 December 1997, on the National Minimum Wage Bill 1997/98.
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The National Minimum Wage: historical background (255 KB, PDF)
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This paper collates data on the number of applications and total support provided under the UK Government coronavirus business support schemes. The attached excel spreadsheet allows users to view data by Parliamentary constituency.
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An overview of the Government initiatives to support businesses through the coronavirus pandemic.
