article_snippet: The standard rate of the National Minimum Wage will rise from October to £6.70 an hour, benefiting 1.4million workers .
article_snippet: Mr Cameron is set to announce that the minimum wage will rise by 3 per cent to £6.70 in October .
article_snippet: The minimum wage for 16 to 17-year-olds will go up by 2 per cent, to £3.87 per hour.
article_snippet: the national minimum wage is currently set at £7.85 an hour outside London and £9.15 in the capital.
highlights_snippet: David Cameron set to announce that the minimum wage will rise to £6.70 .
  
highlights_snippet: Minimum wage for 16 to 17-year-olds will go up by 2% to £3.87 per hour .