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Kemi Badenoch suggests minimum wage is harming businesses

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She claimed a cafe in her own constituency of North West Essex had closed down because its owner could not afford to pay her staff the minimum wage or grant them leave to have children.

In the UK , firms have to pay the national living wage, currently set at 11.44 per hour , to employees aged 21 and over.