Cameron wants minimum wage to "melt away"

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07 10 08 - 09:12 David Cameron would allow the minimum wage to "melt away" if he became PM, senior Tories have disclosed.

The national set rate for adults was raised by 3.8 per cent from £5.52 to £5.73 an hour on October 1 - the ninth increase since Labour introduced the measure in April 1998 to help millions of people on low wages.

But the Tory leader believes the rate cannot be allowed to continue to rise annually in line with the rate of inflation. Mr Cameron will not scrap the minimum wage, as he's aware such a move would infuriate unions, low-paid workers and politicians.
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[ Cameron does intend to scrap the minimum wage since preventing it keeping up with inflation is precisely that. The Tories represent business and not the workers. ]