National Minimum Wage 2024 18 Year Old. From 1 april 2024 the national living wage (nlw) will increase to ยฃ11.44 per hour. The hourly rates change on 1 april each year.
The labour government introduced the uk minimum wage in 1999 initially with two simple categorisation based on age. This age threshold came down from 25 to 23 in april 2021 and from 23 to 21 in april 2024.