Boris Johnson would be wise to heed the growing backlash against his planned National Insurance rise

Tax & end HE may have plenty on his mind this week with Partygate, but Boris Johnson would be wise to heed the growing backlash against his planned National Insurance rise. Ex-ministers are queuing up to attack the un-Tory raid on workers, while Chancellor Rishi Sunak reportedly refers to it as “the PM’s tax”. 1 With pressures on ALL households now so relentless, scrapping the National Insurance rise needs to be on the table too Credit: PA Even Gordon Brown, who as Labour Chancellor in 2002 also raised National Insurance to fund NHS spending, called the latest plans “simply not… Read Full Article