Ditch National Insurance Rise Amid Cost of Living Crisis, Experts Warn UK Government

Ditch National Insurance Rise Amid Cost of Living Crisis, Experts Warn UK Government
Torsten Bell, director of the Resolution Foundation talks to MPs in the House of Commons on Jan. 31, 2022. Parliament TV
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The Government should not be raising national insurance during the cost of living crisis, economists have told MPs.

Giving evidence to the Treasury Select Committee, Tom Clougherty, from the Centre for Policy Studies, said it was “extremely perverse” to raise the tax currently and it should be delayed.