The business secretary has suggested the government could put up national insurance for employers in the budget without breaking its election pledges.

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Employer national insurance could rise in budget, minister suggests

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Jonathan Reynolds tells Sky News' Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips that Labour's promise not to increase national insurance in the party's manifesto was "a reference to employees".

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Labour’s manifesto: “The Conservatives have raised the tax burden to a 70-year high. We will ensure taxes on working people are kept as low as possible. Labour will not increase taxes on working people, which is why we will not increase National Insurance, the basic, higher, or additional rates of Income Tax, or VAT.[…] Read the rest

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The business secretary has said Labour’s manifesto pledge not to raise national insurance applied to employees but he did not rule out raising employers’ contributions in the budget. Speaking on Sky’s Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, Jonathan Reynolds was asked if the pledge applied both to employees’ and employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs). He replied: “That pledge, it was taxes on working people, so it was specifically in th…

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The business secretary has suggested the government could put up national insurance for employers in the budget without breaking its election pledges. Jonathan Reynolds told Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips that Labour’s promise not to increase national insurance “was specifically in the manifesto, a reference to employees”. National insurance is paid by both employees and employers and it has been unclear whether Labour’s vow not to increase…

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