Submitted by K Newman on Monday 8th December 2025
Published on Thursday 22nd January 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Wednesday 22nd July 2026
Current Signatures: 28
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Apprentice ~ childcare ~ Colleagues ~ Education ~ Ensure ~ Estranged ~ Flat ~ Individuals ~ level ~ Level 3 ~ Limited ~ Minimum ~ Minimum wage ~ Money ~ month ~ My Family ~ penny ~ Rent ~ Rents ~ testing ~ The Apprentice ~ Years
Make the Apprentice National Minimum Wage means tested
I would like the Government to ensure that individuals seeking further education as an apprentice (e.g getting a level 3 qualification in childcare) can have a wage that is more appropriate for an their circumstances, as opposed to a single flat minimum wage for all apprentices.
I am 19 years old. My parents are unfortunately dead, I am fairly estranged from my family. And so I have to pay rent. Some of my apprentice colleagues are on the same wage living with parents and do not have to pay a penny toward their living expenses, whilst I am left with almost no money every month. I believe that it would be beneficial to apprentices with limited family support and higher living expenses many people living in circumstances such as this, and worse, to have a slightly higher hourly wage.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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