PM does not rule out NI rise for employers

Sir Keir Starmer has not ruled retired a National Insurance summation for employers successful the Budget, successful a BBC Breakfast interview.

The Labour Party's 2024 manifesto rules retired raising National Insurance, income taxation and VAT.

But Sir Keir side-stepped questions whether Labour’s committedness not to rise taxes for "working people" covered employers' National Insurance (NI).

Speaking successful Downing Street, Sir Keir said this month's Budget was "going to beryllium tough" but would "focus connected rebuilding our country".

Employers presently wage NI astatine a complaint of 13.8% connected each employees' net supra £175 per week.

Speculation has been increasing that the complaint of NI paid by employers could spell up adjacent period to fill a £22bn "black hole" Labour says it has recovered successful the nations finances.

On Monday, Rachel Reeves said Labour's predetermination pledge not to summation NI connected "working people" related to the worker element, arsenic opposed to the sum paid by employers.

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