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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  refuses to be drawn on National Insurance plans.

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Starmer refuses to rule out employer national insurance rises in autumn budget

Sir Keir Starmer sidestepped questions over whether the Chancellor could be set to borrow billions to pay for a new splurge on major infrastructure…

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Starmer refuses to rule out National Insurance hike ahead of budget

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has refused to rule out raising National Insurance for millions of Britons ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget on October 30.The new Labour Government was under renewed scrutiny during PMQs this afternoon over potential tax rises being introduced in the near future.Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak asked his successor to elaborate on his administration's fiscal agenda."Can he confirm that when he promised…

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Fears grow over National Insurance as Starmer REFUSES to rule out tax hikes

The Prime Minister has refused to rule out an increase in employer National Insurance contributions in the Budget. During Prime Minister’s Questions earlier today, Rishi Sunak asked whether the government’s manifesto commitment to not increase taxes on “workers” applied to both employer and employee national insurance.  But the Prime Minister dodged the question. “We made an absolute commitment in relation to not raising tax on working people,” …

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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

Starmer refuses to rule out employer national insurance rises in autumn budget

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