Taxes on Working People

Part of Treasury – in the House of Commons at on 29 October 2024.

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Photo of Laura Trott Laura Trott Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

During the election campaign, I held a press conference at which I outlined the glaring funding gaps in Labour’s plans and the taxes they might raise to pay for them. One of those taxes was employer national insurance contributions. Darren Jones—now Chief Secretary to the Treasury—responded at the time by arguing that this was a list of things that “Labour isn’t doing.” Is it correct that raising employer national insurance contributions is something Labour isn’t doing?