Nigel Farage has suggested that the minimum wage may be “too high” for younger workers, as he laid out Reform’s vision for the UK economy.
The Reform leader, speaking in the City of London on Monday morning, also revealed he was abandoning plans for tax cuts that were a central part of the party’s previous manifesto – and refused to commit to the triple lock on pensions.
Asked whether he thought the minimum wage was too high, Mr Farage said: “There’s an argument the minimum wage is too high for younger workers.
“Particularly given that we’ve lowered the level at which NIC [national insurance] is paid to £5,000 a year.
“So do one or the other, do one or the other – either lift the cap at which NI is due, or lower the minimum wage for young workers.”
The minimum wage is currently £12.21 for workers aged 21 and over, and £10 for those between 18 and 20.
For people aged under 18 or who are on an apprentice rate, the minimum is £7.55.
Mr Farage was also asked what his push to cut spending would mean for the triple lock on pensions and income tax thresholds.
The Reform leader responded: “How can anybody project on pensions, or thresholds, or any of those things between now and then.
“What we will do, and what we can do, is use whatever muscle we’ve got to fight and urge this government to change direction, to ease the burden on small businesses being just one example.”
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nigel-farage-refuses-commit-pensions-125548909.html
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Fuck Farage
He really doesn’t want to win the election and govern uh
This guy thinks it cost less for younger people that adults. Shops don’t charge children’s prices.
Food bills all the same no matter the age
Farage wants cheap labour.
Isnt a full-time minimum wage now something like 26k a year? Thats what a lot of grad programs pay.
Nigel’s popped up in the press today with various expectation lowering about turns. At the latest count;
– fuck younger people
– no we won’t cut tax but we will slash services even further
– no your council tax won’t go down either
– oh, by the way, pensioners? We’re coming for your triple lock too.
At this point, Reform are offering nothing different from the Conservatives and arguably Labour other than some vague but increasingly extreme promises on “remigration”.
This is Reform getting their ducks in a row just in case they *actually* have to govern because, despite all their big talk, they have no actual ideas and will be badly exposed in government.
So out of touch with reality it’s unbelievable. What a ridiculous thing to say.
Young people don’t even get minimum wage. This is deluded bollox! You don’t get paid minimum wage until you’re 25 thanks to these bullshit wage tiers in the UK, yet you don’t get any money off council tax, rent or anything. I decided to leave the UK because of this in my early 20s because I had to borrow money to get by even though I was working up to 60 hours a week.
I think all politicians completely ignore and underestimate just how devastating this policy is, especially when you chase a promotion only to still not get minimum wage when you get it… Then you lose motivation to even try too hard to prove yourself because you know you’re only going to get more hours for shite pay.
How are you going to ever stimulate the economy when you’re allowing people to get ripped off so badly? They won’t contribute tax because they don’t earn enough. They won’t want to seek to prove themselves because there is no reward for it. Take it from me, I left the UK because there was no opportunity for me or any young person except working to the bone to be broke, stressed, unhealthy with zero time/energy for my personal life.
And don’t get me started on fucking apprenticeships… Slave labour for pennies that no one can afford to do anymore. Young people are not afraid to work hard, but don’t lie to the fucking country by saying they’re paid too much.
To be fair he’s catering mostly to the old codgers who reckon young people should be paid a tuppence as they should be grateful for the experience.
The idiot wouldn’t look out of place wearing a stovepipe hat overseeing soot covered street urchins.
This is why Farage wants to leave the ECHR. It’s nothing to do with migration. It’s everything to do with reducing human rights, and in this example reducing worker’s rights. (All Reform 2025 Ltd MPs voted against recent improvements in worker’s rights in Parliament.)
I wonder if he actually knows what minimum wage is? Not the numerical value, that’s easy enough to google. But what an hours work at minimum wage earns you. How many hours a week you have to work at minimum wage to be able to afford to rent a place on your own.
We all want cheaper stuff, and maybe there’s an argument to change it, but unless there’s also going to be a way to reduce the costs for those earning minimum wage (without increasing spending on Universal Credit top ups), then reducing minimum wage isn’t the solution.
Why does he look like a pillock in all his photos?
Yeah well, *I suggest* that Nigel Farage earns too much. What do you think of that, Nige?
Fuck off, Nigel Farage. Should be the default response every time he opens his mouth until he can’t anymore.
And theres the race to the bottom US style…
Who votes for this dickhead
He’s one of the highest paid people in the country and he doesn’t do his actual job so I don’t think his opinion should be listened to.
Young people voting for him are so freaking stupid and brainwashed.
My old mum used to say “be careful what you wish for as you might just get it”
If the Gen Z & Millennials all vote for Uncle Nige then they will be fine as long as they are not disabled either physically or mentally and can exist on Pot Noodle.
Reform is a business not a morality driven political party.
Come along my Turkeys, soon be Xmas
And the dumb cunts will still vote for him.
Says the multi millionaire who’s never done a days actual work in his life..
Witless Scrounging Cur
I’m 38 and will never own a house. I’ve worked full time since 17 years old.
The Russian asset seeks to further divide nation….
Guy who earns in a day what many young people might get to earn in a year says young people on minimum wage are getting too much.
Farage and his Reform band of charlatans need to fuck right off into the sunset, and when they reach the sunset, continue fucking off until it’s no longer humanly possible to fuck off further.
Farage is a cunt.
The POS doesn’t know how to tie his own shoelaces
Not sure why anyone is surprised. He is part of the “pull the ladder up, fast!” Generation. Younger workers can only jump so high to reach even the first rung.
this guy should rot in prison for what he did to the UK.
Young people shouldn’t be earning too much, rich snake oil salesman like him deserve it instead!
Fuck off, Nigel.
The aim of Farage and Reform is to weaken the UK. They hold total contempt for Western values and want to erase Western Culture. They want to drain the UK of any wealth then leave unless they can establish a harsher environment that They profit massively from.
They want clearly defined ideas of sub humans to do the shitty labour. It isn’t just non whites, it is children, the disabled, white people who are not friends with the inner circle. They want to remove your human rights, your workers rights, they want you to lose access to health care and safety nets to make you dependent on your job so you cannot resist worsening conditions.
He’s pandering to the gullible, typically older generation who haven’t been in touch with reality for a while. The ones who don’t realise they’re a burden on society.
Are you listening to this young people…remember what this guy has said come election time…
What a load of bollocks. I do hope the younger voters hear this shit and vote according.
He’s such an awful bloke
So the same young people who already can’t afford to even rent a flat get paid even less for their work? Very aspirational.
Get the business lobby on side by promising to remove living wages. Get the plebs in society onboard by saying we’re removing the current human rights, because immigrants.
They get voted in, we now have a blank slate to write new human rights laws that leave workers unprotected and worse off with little to no protections from employers and people will wonder why they are suddenly in a worse position than when Labour were in power.
Its the same as Brexit. Promise everything will be better based on one talking point, reality hits and shows demonstrably that everything is magnitudes worse than before.
It’s so clear he’s for the 1% this is just indefensible.
He’s already gone back on his word about making tax cuts that were unrealistic anyway now he’s saying minimum wage isn’t low enough for you hahaha please vote for him if you are an idiot.
Why on earth does anyone want to vote for this git
Hey Britain, this guy costed you billions, your economical stability and your future.
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