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The opposition to increasing minimum wages comes mainly from small businesses, particularly restaurants and hotels.

France's lofty minimum wage comes with high unemployment.

Thirty-five hours a week at the minimum wage comes to just over £207.

The real opposition from businesses to raising the minimum wage comes from the obligation they feel to raise the wages of those who earn somewhat more than the statutory minimum wage.

"The impact on growth from changes in the minimum wage comes down to the level at which it is set," said Simon Tilford, chief economist at the Center for European Reform in London.

As many as 200,000 people could still be paid less than £3.60 an hour after the minimum wage comes into effect this week because it is insufficiently enforced, the Low Pay Commission believes.

The map and chart below show how close each state's new minimum wage comes to reaching a living wage, meaning one in which a worker can cover food, housing, utilities and other basic expenses.

These dire warnings proved way off the mark after the national minimum wage came into force seven years ago.

7.46pm GMT It's now almost 15 years since the minimum wage came into effect - one of the flagship policies of Tony Blair's first administration.

Yet some see a minimum wage coming, because existing and planned in-work benefits would otherwise become too costly.The heated debate about a national minimum wage will have served a purpose, even if it never happens.

The move, which follows a lengthy debate in Tory circles led by the chancellor's allies Matt Hancock and Jo Johnson over the need for a major increase in the minimum wage, came in the government's submission to the Low Pay Commission.