Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing The government is planning to raise the cost of National Insurance (NI) contributions to pay for reforms to social care while tackling the huge NHS backlog caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Hull Live reported that the discussion has caused a split between senior Cabinet ministers regarding how much NI should be raised, with some suggesting it could be as high as two per cent.
Any increase in taxation would be a breach of the 2019 Tory manifesto, with it containing a personal “guarantee” from Boris Johnson not to raise income tax, VAT or national insurance.
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