Almost three million people will receive a pay rise of up to £930 from April after the Government announced the biggest ever increase to the National Living Wage.

Boris Johnson is determined to show low-paid voters who backed the Conservatives in the general election that he has their interests at heart, as he will today announce that from April 1 over-25s will be paid a minimum of £8.72 per hour, a 6.2 per cent jump from the current level of £8.21.

Younger workers who receive the National Minimum Wage will also receive a pay bost between 4.6 per cent and 6.5 per cent, with 21-24 year olds set to see an increase from £7.70 to £8.20 an hour.

The pay rise will benefit nearly 3 million people, according to the Low Pay Commission.

However, the rise falls short of the £9.30 hourly rate the Living Wage Foundation has campaigned for, which calls for pay rises to be reflective of the cost of living.

Boris Johnson said that for too long “people haven’t seen the pay rises they deserve” and under his Government they will “level up access to opportunity across our great country”.

“Our government will put a stop to that, giving nearly three million people from Edinburgh to Eastbourne a well-earned pay rise, including the biggest ever cash boost to the National Living Wage,” he said.