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  2. List of countries by minimum wage - Wikipedia

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    Netherlands. €1,934.40 (US$2288) per month, and €11.16 (US$13.2) per hour for persons 21 and older; between 30–80% (as low as €3.35 per hour) of this amount for persons aged 15–20. [173] An additional holiday allowance of 8% of the annual wage is paid in May or June, prorated for the time worked in the year. 24,925.

  3. National Minimum Wage Act 1998 - Wikipedia

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    Revised text of statute as amended. The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (c. 39) creates a minimum wage across the United Kingdom. [2] From 1 April 2024, the minimum wage is £11.44 for people aged 21 and over, £8.60 for 18- to 20-year-olds, and £6.40 for 16- to 17-year-olds and apprentices. [3] (. See Current and past rates.)

  4. Bank of England £50 note - Wikipedia

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    The Bank of England £50 note is a sterling banknote circulated in the United Kingdom. It is the highest denomination of banknote currently issued for public circulation by the Bank of England . [ note 1 ] The current note, the second of this denomination to be printed in polymer, entered circulation on 5 June 2024. [ 1 ]

  5. National Insurance - Wikipedia

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    As of January 2020, self-employed National Insurance Contributions (NICs) will be categorised as Class 2 when profits are between £6,365 and £8,631.99 a year. If a self-employed worker earns £8,632 or more a year they will be categorised as Class 4. Class 2 contributions are charged at £3.00 per week and are usually paid by direct debit. [18]

  6. Personal allowance - Wikipedia

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    On 22 April 2009, the then Chancellor Alistair Darling announced in the 2009 Budget statement that starting in April 2010, those with annual incomes over £100,000 would see their Personal allowance reduced by £1 for every £2 earned over £100,000, until the Personal allowance was reduced to zero, which (in 2010–11) would occur at an income of £112,950.

  7. Television licensing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The current Royal Charter for the BBC expires on 31 December 2027 [239] and the TV licence fee itself was fixed at £145.50 until March 2017. [240] The fee was due to increase in line with inflation for five years until 2021/22; [241] from the price £147. [242] [243] In 2021, the fee was fixed at £159 until 1 April 2024, when it rises to £ ...

  8. Slang terms for money - Wikipedia

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    The half ($0.50 or 50¢) is worth fifty cents. Dimes and quarters used to be sometimes collectively referred to as "silver" due to their historic composition of 90% silver prior to 1965. A bit is an antiquated term equal to one eighth of a dollar or 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 cents, after the Spanish 8-Real "piece of eight" coin on which the U.S. dollar was ...

  9. One hundred pounds (British coin) - Wikipedia

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    2016. The one hundred pound coin (£100) is a commemorative denomination of sterling coinage. Issued for the first time by the Royal Mint in 2015 and sold at face value, £100 coins hold legal tender status but are intended as collectors' items and are not found in general circulation. [1] As of 1 November 2021, the silver content of each coin ...