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That's the likely reality. I'm all for people earning a higher minimum wage to make the jobs more attractive but ultimately the club or the food providers will charge more for their goods and services to cover their increased costs. I don't mind if that is the case and I have to pay £7 a pint or...

Maybe that's what will have to happen. If we want to see hospitality staff paid more then perhaps we just have to accept pint's might be £6 to £7 or pie's a similar figure. I'm Not against increasing wages but we have to expect then we will pay more for the things we like.

Also European wages have risen considerably in recent years making it less attractive for foreigners to come to the UK to work. Good article I recently read shows the increases in the last 20 years across the world and much of Europe. It's not hard to see that the UK is not as an attractive...

Very true - this is also reflected in the care industry (as just one other example) where we relied too much on foreign staff who were happy to work for UK minimum wage. Sadly very few British nationals want to work in hospitality, care, or shop work. The easy answer is to increase wages which...