So it's National Insurance then

[lincoln blue]

Ah yes - but it's only a 1.25% increase and not the 2% we were being told - or spun.

Employers pay the same amount so its 2.5% in total.

[Grievous Angel]

Employers pay the same amount so its 2.5% in total.

The spin doctors (via the media) told us that individual employeeswould pay 2% extra, so I don't see what point you're trying to make by bringing employers' NI into it.

[neilw65]

The spin doctors (via the media) told us that individual employeeswould pay 2% extra, so I don't see what point you're trying to make by bringing employers' NI into it.

Actually the increase is not 1.25% it is actually 10%


if National Insurance is rising from 12% to 13.25% it is NOT rising by 1.25%. It is rising by 1.25 percentage points. if you want to describe its rise in percentage terms, it is rising by just over 10%. It is a 10% tax hike