Minimum Wage 2027: Tell Us What’s Changed
27 Aug 2026
The Minimum Wage Committee is reviewing the rate for April 2027 and Chamber will be making a submission on behalf of the business community. We need your feedback.
During our 2025 minimum wage campaign, members gave us a clear picture of the pressures they were facing and the potential impact of significant increases in the minimum wage.
The key concerns were:
- Wage compression – increases affecting pay well beyond minimum wage roles
- Employment and recruitment – pressure on staffing levels, hours and recruitment decisions
- Young people and apprentices – concerns about the affordability of entry-level roles, training and apprenticeships
- Higher prices – businesses needing to pass increased employment costs on to customers
- Pressure on labour-intensive sectors – particularly hospitality, retail, care and other sectors operating on tight margins
- Wider employment costs – including National Insurance, pensions and maintaining pay differentials
Is this still the picture today?
Have these pressures increased or eased? Have the consequences been different from those you anticipated? Have there been positive impacts? And is there anything new the Minimum Wage Committee needs to understand before recommending the rate for April 2027?
This is a quick member pulse check and should take around 3 minutes.
👉Click here to complete. Deadline 15th September.
Where you can, please give us real examples or figures. Evidence about changes to payroll costs, staffing, hours, recruitment, prices, investment or pay differentials will be particularly valuable.
Your feedback will directly inform Chamber’s submission to the Minimum Wage Committee.