The sudden increase in wages may cause demand and supply shock and people won't be willing to do business if they aren't making enough profits.
If a country wants to shine then they need to support the entrepreneurs as well as the workers. So increasing the profits making opportunities to the owners should be done first before increasing the wages or else it will end up in a mess.
Well, Promises are just promises for the political leaders so don't have hope that will become true.

There has been a war on small businesses. The Covid lockdown hurt small businesses more than big businesses. And now if they increase the required minimum wage it will hurt small businesses more than big ones.