# Chancellor fails to guarantee minimum wage pledge for younger workers

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-11-01T11:52:55+00:00
- Category: Local
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/nov/01/chancellor-fails-to-guarantee-minimum-wage-pledge-younger-workers-kuenssberg
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/chancellor-fails-to-guarantee-minimum-wage-pledge-for-younger-workers-7ca02a/

Manifesto promise to equalise rates before next election is now ‘a question of when’, John Healey tells BBC Labour looks less likely to meet its manifesto pledge to equalise the minimum wage for younger workers before the next election, after the chancellor failed to guarantee the rise within that timeframe. John Healey said on Sunday the government was still committed to the increase but failed t

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