Conservative Party (UK) others. Until 1999, Conservatives opposed the creation of a national minimum wage, as they believed it would cost jobs, and businesses would be reluctant to start business in the UK from fear of high labour costs. However the party have since pledged support and in the July 2015 budget, Chancellor George Osborne announced a national living wage of £9/hour, to be introduced by 2020, for those aged 25 and over. The National Minimum Wage in 2012 was £6.19 for over-21 year olds, so the proposed rises in National Living Wage by 2020 will represent a significantly higher pay for many.
Minimum wage in Taiwan local workers suffer. In 28 August 2013, the CLA held the 26th the basic wage review committee. The hourly basic wage went from NT$109 to NT$115, from 1 January 2014. The basic wage per month changed from NT$19,047 to NT$19,273, from 1 July 2014. The government wants to avoid labor disputes caused by the annual committee and set a threshold of the basic wage to reconvene the council. (The price index must have risen over 3%.) On 16 August 2018, the Ministry of Labor announced the increase of monthly minimum wage from NT$22,000 to NT$23,100, and hourly minimum wage from