Some surgeries will make staff redundant as a result of the change, while some care homes could be forced to close.

GPs demand 'urgent assurances’ over employers’ national insurance hike

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been called out by X's Community Notes feature four times in four days after posting about a £900 tax cut.

Why does Rishi Sunak keep getting fact-checked?

The prime minister said 'significant progress' could be made towards eliminating National Insurance during the next parliament if the Tories remains in power.

Sunak hints he could cut benefits to fund plan to scrap National Insurance

For the average worker earning £35,000, reducing National Insurance to 8% would mean they have £449 extra in their pocket over the course of a year. 

Are you set to benefit from the Chancellor's National Insurance cut?

From the 6th of January, National Insurance contributions will drop from 12% to 10%, but how much will we benefit from the Chancellor's tax cuts?

National Insurance reduction: How much money will we really save?

Commuters on London Bridge make their way into offices during the morning rush hour after advice to work from home was dropped on Wednesday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture date: Thursday January 20, 2022.

Experts say the 2% cut will save employees hundreds of pounds a year - but there are also income tax rises to take into account.

What the National Insurance cuts mean for us and how much more money we get

Ministers have agreed to increase the amount of time people have left people to voluntarily plug gaps in their national insurance record.

How to plug gaps to boost pension after last chance deadline extended

The rise was introduced by Boris Johnson’s government, with Rishi Sunak as chancellor, in April and reversed by former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng last month.

How will the reversal of the national insurance hike affect me?

The planned increase will be reversed from November 6, the Treasury has confirmed. 

National Insurance hike to be scrapped, chancellor confirms ahead of mini-budget

National Insurance had originally risen for millions of workers around the UK back in April, but the new PM confirmed she would be reversing the NI hike.

Truss promises 'nobody will be forced to sell their home to pay for social care'

The changes have been made in order to fix what Boris Johnson called a 'broken social care system', and to help ease the burden on the NHS.

National insurance has risen, but what does it mean for you?

National insurance contributions will increase by 1.25 percentage points on Wednesday, as the British public contends with the cost of living crisis.

'Wrong tax, wrong time': NI tax hike hits as Starmer says it's filling blackhole

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak prepares for his Spring Statement with members of his Treasury team in 11 Downing Street

Quite how far the Chancellor inflation-proofs take home pay of low earners will be the most important question he will answer tomorrow, Robert Peston writes.

Sunak set to protect pay of low paid in spring statement but will it be enough?

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak present united front on raising tax to boost funds for health and social care, arguing there is "no magic money tree".

PM and chancellor double down on planned national insurance hike

It’s been described as a “perfect storm” and it's certainly true that a huge number of big problems for household budgets are coming together at the same time. 

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