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Nigel Farage Says Reform UK Could Cut Minimum Wage for Young People - and Defends U-Turn on Tax Pledges
Farage links minimum wage concerns for young workers to National Insurance changes and acknowledges current UK debt limits major tax cuts, predicting a 2027 election.
- On Monday in the City of London, Nigel Farage suggested the minimum wage may be too high for younger workers and revealed he was abandoning Reform UK manifesto tax-cut plans.
- Farage argued the NIC threshold being lowered to £750,000, so policies should adjust thresholds or youth wages, citing UK public finances as a challenge.
- The minimum wage is currently £12.21 for 21+ and £10 for 18–20, while apprentice and under‑18 rates stand at £7.55.
- Critics including Sir Mel Stride warned, `After this rambling, incoherent speech, it is clear Reform's economy policy is in chaos`, while Farage predicted a general election in 2027 as markets force the chancellor.
- Ahead of the Budget at the end of this month, he said he would make some relatively modest changes immediately, including scrapping inheritance tax on family farms, and Reform UK will announce new policy figures in coming weeks.
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Nigel Farage has blasted the Government for delivering “another depressing, tax-raising budget”, accusing ministers of lacking “the courage to cut public spending”. He warned Britain was “slipping down the global league tables” and said mass migration and excessive borrowing were masking the true state of the economy. Mr Farage claimed “the average Briton has become poorer” as productivity collapses and manufacturing declines. He also predicted …
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