The Minimum Wage is an interesting issue. On the face of it, increasing it to, say, £10 an hour would produce massive benefits for those working at the lower end of the jobs market.
However, it's never quite that simple. As the price of employing staff rose, prices in shops/pubs/restaurants etc would have to rise to follow suit, because its not just the lowest paid that would receive a rise, the pay differential would have to be maintained up to Manager level and the cost of the pay increases would inevitably be passed on to the consumer.
The real question is, would an increase in the Minimum Wage produce enough of a net benefit to those receiving it?