Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out increases to national insurance for employers.A key tenet of the Labour Party's manifesto was promising to not raise national insurance, VAT and income tax.

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Sir Keir Starmer declined to rule out raising employers’ national insurance contributions as Tory leader Rishi Sunak attacked the prime minister over Downing Street personnel changes



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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons. House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of considering raising employer national insurance contributions and changing borrowing rules after he failed to rule out either proposal. The Prime Minister was repeatedly urged by Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak to clarify his position amid reports that Chancellor Rac…

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Sir Keir Starmer has repeatedly failed to rule out increases to employer National Insurance contributions under grilling by Rishi Sunak at PMQs today.



Keir Starmer refuses to rule out raising national insurance for employers

Sunak has been pressing Starmer at PMQs on two specific Labour commitments: 1) not raising National Insurance, and 2) not fiddling with debt rules. Both of which are expected at the Budget… Starmer dodged the question of debt-metric tweaking twice and attacked Sunak instead: “This is literally the man who was in charge of the economy.[…] Read the rest

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