article_snippet: The standard rate will rise from October to £6.70 an hour, benefiting 1.4million, while the rate for apprentices will go up by a fifth – the largest increase on record.
article_snippet: Today, Mr Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will say the standard rate is to increase by 3 per cent – the largest real-terms rise since 2008.
article_snippet: However, the Government has decided the Government should be increased much further, by 20 per cent, to £3.30.
article_snippet: There will also be a 3 per cent increase in the rate for 18 to 20-year-olds, to £5.30 per hour.
highlights_snippet: This 3% rise is the biggest real-terms increase  since the financial crisis .
  
highlights_snippet: Rate for apprentices will go up by a fifth – the largest increase on record .
  