Ed Miliband is to commit a Labour government to significantly increasing the national minimum wage over the course of the next Parliament by linking it to average earnings.
In a speech to party activists in the West Midlands, the Labour leader is expected to claim the measure will ensure the lowest-paid do not "left behind" again.
He will say the move to establish a clear link with average earnings will help build on the Labour government's achievements in introducing the minimum wage following Tony Blair's landslide 1997 general election victory.
Business groups are expected to criticise Mr Miliband's announcement The announcement will be welcomed by those in the party who say Mr Miliband has yet to offer voters a positive vision of what they could expect from Labour government.
But the move is likely to face criticism from the business world and prompt claims it will harm competitiveness.
Mr Miliband will describe Labour's introduction of the minimum wage as "one of the proudest achievements of any British government", but that further action is now needed to raise its value.
"Britain is still one of the lowest paid countries among the world's advanced economies," he will say.
"So we have to go further, we have to write the next chapter in the history of Labour's battle to make work pay.
"That's why today, I am proud to announce that the next Labour government will take new radical action against low pay: a new five-year ambition to restore the link between doing a hard day's work and building a decent life for your family.
"A Labour government will establish a clear link between the level of the minimum wage and the scale of wages paid to other workers in our economy.
"We will say workers on the minimum wage must never be left behind because those who work hard to create our nation's wealth should share in it."
Details of the policy are expected to be scant in today's speech and low pay campaigners will want to see exactly how a Labour government would go about fulfilling its goal.
However, Mr Miliband will publish a report he commissioned from Alan Buckle, the former deputy chairman of KPMG International, with proposals to overhaul the Low Pay Commission.
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