Millions of workers are to get a pay rise in April that will bump their hourly rate to almost £12 an hour. Among those getting more money in their pay packet will be hundreds of thousands of younger workers, who for the very first time will find themselves entitled to extra cash, and here’s how the new pay scheme will work. What is the National Living Wage? The National Living Wage is not to be confused with the National Minimum Wage. The National Minimum Wage is the minimum amount of money, per hour, almost all workers are legally entitled to if they are of school leaving age. The National Li…