Helen Edward: National Insurance is the steering wheel of employment – and we’re turning it the wrong way

Helen Edward: National Insurance is the steering wheel of employment – and we’re turning it the wrong way

Helen Edward recently stood as Parliamentary Candidate for Kingston and Surbiton. She is also Deputy Chair for CWO London and CPF London Ambassador. As unemployment hits a record 5 year high of 5.1 per cent this week, a recent session of the Modernising Employment All-Party Parliamentary Group on Timeless Skills: Embracing Age Diversity at Work, one message came through clearly: the UK does not have a willingness-to-work problem. It has an incen…