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Treasury accused of ‘dubious’ facts over national insurance

The Times & The Sunday Times
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65% Informative

Social media post said there would be no increases to rate of income tax, national insurance or VAT ’ rate of employer’s national insurance contributions was raised by 1.2 percentage points to 15 per cent at the budget, effective from April 6, 2025 .

Institute for Fiscal Studies director Paul Johnson said: “Seriously? At best this is dubious. What is the point in pushing this line?”.

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69

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67

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76

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formal

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English

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54

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not offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

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short-lived

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