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When Labour were in opposition, Angela Rayner, addressing the TUC last year, promised to increase SSP - though she did not specify by how much.

A recent report from Citizens Advice said that SSP was the biggest employment issue their advisers had to deal with.

SSP is less than a third of the national minimum wage for over 21s.

Some smaller companies in particular are concerned that hiking up SSP would add an additional burden.

Some states have passed laws so that you can legally buy syringes at the pharmacy without a prescription to increase access to sterile syringes for people who may not have an SSP nearby.