Labor has been accused of exploiting pensioners’ fears over state pensions in a “cynical” campaign against Rishi Sunak’s plan to scrap National Insurance
by WSTPost
WSTPost— Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has cut National Insurance by a third in six months By Jason Groves Published: 7:41 p.m. EDT, April 21, 2024 | Updated: 7:41 p.m. EDT, April 21, 2024 Labor was accused of scaremongering about the future of the state pension last night as it launched a "cynical" campaign against Rishi Sunak's plan to abolish National Insurance.Sir Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves...
dailym.ai—Labour accused of exploiting pensioners' fears over state pension in 'cynical' campaign against Rishi Sunak's plan to abolish National Insurance. Sir Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves kicked off an advertising blitz aimed at undermining the Prime Minister's ambition to wipe out the 'double tax' on incomes.
The Guardian—Secret Thatcher-era memo undermines Sunak’s plan to scrap national insurance. Former chancellor Nigel Lawson, who PM cites as inspiration, warned merging NICs with income tax would ‘create many losers’A secret, unpublished memo from Margaret Thatcher’s tax-cutting chancellor Nigel Lawson warned against merging national insurance and income tax because it would “create many losers” including pensioners.The advice in the memo will be a blow to Rishi Sunak, who has said it is his ambition to scrap the tax on workers. He has called Lawson a “transformational chancellor and an...
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