BBC了解到，最低工资上调预计将在预算案中公布，但18至20岁年轻人的涨幅将低于往年。年轻工人的工资将随21岁及以上员工最低工资的涨幅同步上调。
The rise in the minimum wage is expected to be announced in the Budget, but 18-to-20 year-olds are set to see lower increases than in previous years, the BBC understands. Pay for younger workers will rise in line with the increase in minimum pay for employees aged 21 years and over.
然而，年轻工人的涨幅低于过去两年的涨幅，当时工党政府提高了工资率，以履行其宣言中承诺取消“歧视性年龄档次”、让所有成年人享有相同最低工资的承诺。
However, the increase for younger workers is lower than that seen in the previous two years, when Labour raised the rate to meet a manifesto promise that it would remove "discriminatory age bands" with all adults entitled to the same minimum wage.
财政大臣约翰·希利还宣布了一系列措施，旨在为家庭提供他所谓的“生活成本喘息空间”。
Chancellor John Healey is also announcing measures to give families what he is calling "breathing space" with the cost of living.
“宣言中关于工资平等的承诺仍然有效，但我们始终明确，这可以分阶段实现，”商务大臣乔纳森·雷诺兹对BBC表示。
"The manifesto pledge on equalisation still applies but we were always clear it could happen over time," Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds told the BBC:
“当然，你不仅想要好工资，还想要好工作，”他补充说。“这是在确保劳动力市场面临的压力得到考虑之间取得平衡。”
"Of course, you want not just good wages but good work, " he added. "It is a balance of making sure the pressures on the labour market are taken into account."
《泰晤士报》报道，18至20岁年轻人的国家最低工资可能上涨3.9%，从每小时10.85英镑涨至约11.27英镑。
The Times reported that the National Minimum Wage for 18-to-20 year-olds is likely to rise by 3.9% from £10.85 an hour to around £11.27.
这一涨幅小于工党政府自2024年执政以来为年轻工人实施的26%涨幅。
That is a smaller rise than the 26% increase the Labour government has put in place for younger workers since returning to power in 2024.
即使在上述涨幅之后，该工资率仍低于年长工人的国家生活工资，后者目前为每小时12.71英镑。《泰晤士报》称，国家生活工资将上涨3.9%至每小时13.20英镑。
Even after the reported rise, the rate remains below the National Living Wage for older workers, which is currently £12.71 an hour. It is set to rise by 3.9% to £13.20, the Times said.
工会Unison总书记安德里亚·埃根表示，为同一工作支付不同工资率“极不公平”。
Andrea Egan, general secretary of the union Unison, said it was "deeply unfair" to keep paying different rates for the same job.
“20岁的护理工作者、教学助理和安保人员与年长同事做着同样的工作，”她说。“他们在超市或加油站并不花更少的钱。他们必须获得同等报酬。”
"Twenty year-old care workers, teaching assistants and security guards do the same work as their older colleagues," she said. "They don't pay less in the supermarket or at the petrol pump.
政府还宣布了一系列措施，包括取消部分食品的进口税，以及结束领取护理津贴者的所谓“悬崖边缘”问题。
They must be paid equally."
该报告称，取消100种食品的关税，结合6月推出的现有关税豁免，每年可为家庭节省高达21英镑，即每周40便士。
The government has also announced a number of measures, including removing import taxes on some food and ending the so-called cliff-edge for those receiving carer's allowance payments.
雷诺兹对BBC表示：“我们不会说这就是全部。”但他表示，结合夏季对意面、果汁和金枪鱼等商品实施的变化，每年可节省约5亿英镑。政府周二宣布的其他措施包括：将每英里55便士的免税里程费率永久化，适用于因工作驾车行驶不超过1万英里的人士，超过1万英里的部分，费率从每英里25便士提高到35便士。允许护理人员在不失去全部津贴的前提下，收入超过现有收入限额，改为采用递减机制。
It says removing tariffs from 100 food items could save households up to £21 per year - or 40p a week - when combined with existing tariff suspensions that were introduced in June. "We're not going to say it is everything," Reynolds told the BBC, but taken alongside the changes implemented in the summer on goods such as pasta, fruit juice and tuna, he said it would save around £500m a year. Other measures the government announced on Tuesday included: Making permanent a 55p per mile tax-free mileage rate for those driving up to 10,000 miles for work, with the rate rising from 25p per mile to 35p above that Allowing carers to earn more than an existing earnings limit without losing their entire allowance, replacing it with a taper mechanism instead.
但该措施将于2030年才实施。为自雇父亲提供两周陪产津贴，此前他们未能领取该期间每周最高194英镑的付款。推出数百个额外的邮局投递箱，方便寄送包裹。
However, this will not come in until 2030 Giving two weeks of paternity pay to self-employed fathers, who have previously missed out on payments of up to £194 a week for the period And rolling out hundreds of additional Post Office drop boxes to make sending parcels easier Speaking to the BBC's Newscast, Healey said: "None of this is going to change the world. But if it helps around the margins and its action the government can take, then I want try and fix it." The government will also freeze fuel duty again in the Budget, the BBC understands.
在接受BBC《新闻播客》采访时，希利表示：“这些都不会改变世界。但如果能在边际上提供帮助，并且是政府可以采取的行动，那么我想尝试把它解决好。”
The 5p duty discount is also set to continue.
BBC了解到，政府还将在预算案中再次冻结燃油税。5便士的燃油税折扣也将继续。该折扣最初于2022年推出，原定持续12个月，但此后一直延长。政府取消关税的产品清单包括：烘烤豆类 大蒜 甜酸黄瓜 巧克力涂层的华夫饼和华夫蛋 煮糖 太妃糖、焦糖及类似糖果 柑橘果酱、橙酱和果泥 喉糖和止咳糖 以大豆、坚果、谷物或种子为原料的植物性饮料 煤油 肥料政府表示，取消肥料关税旨在帮助农民，而调整煤油进口税则旨在帮助依赖取暖油的家庭。
That discount was first introduced in 2022, and was due to last 12 months, but has been extended ever since. The list of products the government is removing tariffs on includes: Baked beans Garlic Gherkins Chocolate-coated wafers and waffles Boiled sweets Toffees, caramels and similar sweets Citrus jams, marmalades and pastes Throat pastilles and cough drops Plant-based drinks including soya, nut, cereal or seed Kerosene Fertilisers The government said removing tariffs on fertiliser aimed to help farmers, while changes to import levies on kerosene is targeted at households that rely on heating oil. The Treasury said it would publish on Wednesday a full list of the products that will have tariffs removed.
财政部表示，将于周三公布将取消关税的产品完整清单。关税是国内企业从海外购买产品时支付的进口关税。
A tariff is an import duty paid by domestic businesses buying products from overseas. Asked why the government was making it cheaper to buy goods from abroad rather than cutting business costs for UK firms, Reynolds said: "Where you can make a reduction in the cost of importing goods into the UK, when you think you can balance that with your domestic economic interests, that's a decision we will take."
被问及为何政府要让从国外购买商品更便宜，而不是为英国企业降低成本，雷诺兹表示：“当你能够降低将商品进口到英国的成本，并且认为可以将其与国内经济利益平衡时，这就是我们会做出的决定。”
But Balwinder Dhoot, director of sustainability and growth at the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), said: "It's more expensive to make food and drink here in the UK than in many of our close neighbours, as businesses face such high energy costs."
但食品饮料联合会（FDF）可持续发展与增长总监巴尔温德·杜特表示：“在英国生产食品和饮料比许多近邻国家更昂贵，因为企业面临如此高昂的能源成本。”保守党表示，政府的“日常修补”措施已被更高的借贷成本、税收和通胀所抵消。
The Conservatives said the government's "everyday fixes" had already been wiped out by higher borrowing costs, taxes and inflation. Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith said: "Shoppers face rising costs at the till and families are struggling to make ends meet, but Burnham's plan is cheaper gherkins.
影子财政大臣安德鲁·格里菲斯表示：“购物者在结账时面临不断上涨的成本，家庭难以收支平衡，但伯纳姆的计划是更便宜的酸黄瓜。这对被工党增税打击的家庭来说是一种侮辱。”获取我们的旗舰新闻通讯，了解开启一天所需的所有头条新闻。
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