Minimum Law Comes Into Force

Day 330, 10:43 Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom by CV James

The first act of the newly reformed V1 House of Commons was passed unanimously yesterday. 
The Minimum Wage Act was accepted 22-0 by Congress and has come into force, meaning employers must now pay all workers in eUK at leadt 1GBP/day.  Is this the beginning of an eUK Welfare State?  It certainly cannot be a bad thing that all workers will now recieve at least 1GBP/day, but is that really enough; how many workers do we currently have that are currently earning less than that?
In which case is this nothing more than a paper measure?  That said eUK Telegraph wished to congratulate the government on a positive step forward.