300,000 'stuck on minimum wage'

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More than 300,000 workers have been stuck on the minimum wage for five years or more, and 90,000 have never earned more than 25p above the minimum wage level since its introduction in 1999, according to a new report.

And the overwhelming majority of those trapped on the lowest rung of the pay ladder are women, who make up almost three-quarters (73%) of those in minimum wage work for five years or more, despite accounting for just 62% of all minimum wage workers.