That’s a larger increase than I was expecting, what, like 3x inflation?

It’s certainly not a magic silver bullet that singlehandedly fixes our low wage economy like a lot of people on Reddit/Lemmy appear to expect, but it’s a positive step at least.

I just really hope there’s serious infrastructure and employment investment, particularly in the seriously impoverished areas like the North East of England. And I hope their planning permission changes will actually have a noticeable effect. Time will tell.