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  "path": "/uk/news/2026/03/03/scrap-the-unfair-and-obsolete-youth-minimum-wage-says-tuc/",
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  "textContent": "Ahead of the Spring Statement, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) released new analysis. It shows that a million 18-20 year olds (85%) already earn above the youth minimum wage. This, the TUC claims, renders the youth rate not only unfair, but also “obsolete” as only 1 in 7 receives it. Youth minimum wage increasingly irrelevant […]\n\nBy The Canary",
  "title": "Scrap the ‘unfair and obsolete’ youth minimum wage says TUC"
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