So here's another thing with that, in 2013 (10 years ago) the minimum wage for anyone over the age of 23 was £6.31 per hour before taxes, now it's £9.50 that's an increase of 50.79% value of the GBP has gone up by 46.63% since 2013 meaning the buying power is lower, but also fuel prices have sky rocketed so it's just adding extra income