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The Government has set out its proposed new statutory rates for statutory sick pay and family leave pay to apply from 6 April 2026.
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP):
The rate of SSP will increase (from £118.75) to £123.25 per week.
Statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental, parental bereavement, neonatal care pay and maternity allowance:
The weekly rate of the above payments will increase (from £187.18) to £194.32 per week.
Lower earnings limit:
The proposed increase to the weekly lower earnings limit required to qualify for these types of family leave will increase (from £125) to £129 per week.
The Government announced the annual national minimum wage increases from 1 April 2026 as follows:
The accommodation offset will rise from £10.66 to £11.10 per day.
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