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Millionaire Man of the People Nigel Farage thinks the minimum wage for young people is too generous – 16 scathing takedowns
We apologise for serving up news of Nigel Farage to go with your cornflakes. It can’t be good for the digestion.
On Monday, the Reform leader addressed a gathering of bankers, business chiefs, and journalists in the City of London to set out his party’s economic plans and goals.
He rowed back on their manifesto pledge of making £90 million of tax cuts, implying it was more of a vague hope than a promise, and he shared one way for the country to cut costs – by fleecing young people.
YOUNG PEOPLE. LISTEN UP.
Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people
…to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"
It's £10ph FFS!
Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger
DO YOU SEE IT NOW?
Spread far & wide.https://t.co/rKXf1RcMT9
— Marina Purkiss (@MarinaPurkiss) November 3, 2025
The minimum wage for a 16-year-old is currently £7.55, rising to the princely sum of £10 at 18. I
n the Parliamentary Register of Interests, Farage recorded an income of £97,928.40 for his 32 hours-per-month GB News appearances. He is paid £91,346 a year to barely turn up to Parliament, refuse to hold face-to-face surgeries in Clacton, and swan off to the US at the drop of a Maga cap.
But, hey – the young people make too much money.
People weren’t impressed, to say the least.
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Man of the people Nigel Farage thinks minimum wage is too high. Yep, that's definitely the problem. https://t.co/1alwVU86PR
— Jonathan Pie (@JonathanPieNews) November 3, 2025
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"Man who earns a £ Million a Year for doing very little wants to cut the minimum wage for under-21s" pic.twitter.com/6ODOvetW7h
— John O'Connell (@jdpoc) November 3, 2025
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Nigel Farage says he wants to 'raise aspiration' by cutting the minimum wage for young people (currently £10), but reducing tax for young people earning over £100k. Presumably he wants them to just ask their stockbroker fathers to fix them up with a job in The City, like he did.
— Parody Keir Starmer (@Parody_PM) November 3, 2025
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Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high https://t.co/3JNXFummzW
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) November 3, 2025
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Breaking:Reform appoint new spokesperson for the young and disabled. pic.twitter.com/XnGIVGnIPt
— Mark Hammond (@MarkHam80780803) November 3, 2025
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Man who made a million in side hustles last year
Nigel Farage said that Reform would look at cutting the minimum wage for young people because it's too high !
£12.21 (aged 21 and over)
£10 (aged 18 to 20)
£7.55 (aged under 18)
£7.55 (apprentice rate) pic.twitter.com/sFQih45Q3c— dave lawrence (@dave43law) November 3, 2025
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And people wonder why he wanted out the ECHR…? This bloke would devastate the standards of living in England https://t.co/MxXxxC8O0b
— Mike…nffc (@nffcalways1) November 3, 2025
8.
Strip your human rights
Put disabled drivers in unsafe cars
Remove transport from disabled children
And now stop paying young workers a living wageReal man of the people stuff
— Andy (@AndyShoe5) November 3, 2025
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The reason Farage is on about cutting the minimum wage is because businesses who donate to Reform have told him they want to pay people less.
In a cost of living crisis.
— aidThompsin (@aidThompsin) November 3, 2025
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We asked a 100 people is a wealth tax a good idea?
You said reduce the minimum youth wage …. . pic.twitter.com/xMgxUUsr6Z
— Mick ☕️ (@MickCoffey2) November 3, 2025
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'How can we rake more money away from to oiks and towards ourselves at the top?' pic.twitter.com/nHOWlJdkRg
— Dan #FBPPR (@PistOffCreative) November 3, 2025
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Protecting millionaires whilst cutting the minimum wage for young people. https://t.co/vSQ9PO55db pic.twitter.com/J8AIsGphZz
— Simon Gosden. Esq. #fbpe 3.5% ☠️ (@g_gosden) November 3, 2025
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It's those greedy young students trying to pay rent who are stopping billionaires buying bigger yachts! Decrease their wages IMMEDIATELY!
— Dylan (@_Diland07_) November 3, 2025
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FINALLY! I always thought that the problem with the British economy was how much we pay young peoplehttps://t.co/YnEvTSBkap
— JimmyTheGiant (@jimthegiant) November 3, 2025
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Man who has revealed he earns well over a £1m a year in addition to his job as an MP, says a tenner an hour minimum wage for young people is too much. https://t.co/XM4frZlVsW
— Anne-Frances Hayes, Politics and all that. (@anne_staveley) November 3, 2025
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If they cut minimum wage, how on earth will young French waitresses afford to buy £800k houses for cash in Clacton ?
— pete (@pjd23272) November 3, 2025
Here’s the bottom line.
Last time I checked, ‘younger workers’ didn’t get lower bills, rents, or prices in shops.
He’s on the side of his banker mates and bosses, always has been, always will be. https://t.co/7uevTVavBY
— Jo Grady (@DrJoGrady) November 3, 2025
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