Leeds: Your reflections on the National Living Wage increase

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The National Living Wage is going up - do you think the increase is enough to meet the cost of living? Should the National Living Wage be tied more closely to the actual cost of living?

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00:00I think it's a great idea to increase the National Living Wage.

00:02I think it's hard enough for people to live as it is.

00:04I think the jump between 18-year-olds and 21-year-olds is ridiculous

00:09because I remember when I was like 20 and then I got a pay rise when I was 21

00:13and it was just insane.

00:15I was like I could have been getting paid like this much the whole time.

00:17I'm aware of the cuts that the current party in charge are making

00:23across the welfare state and things like that which are impacting.

00:26I think it's important for it to be enough for people to actually live on properly

00:32and it's the billionaires that should be taxed

00:36and they're the ones that we need to get the money from

00:42and actually encourage people who are working to be able to survive on more.

00:51National Living Wage is great and raise it.

00:57I think increase is necessary at the moment.

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