NI Tax Hike ‘is Just Tory Austerity 2.0'

Blackford says working people will suffer

- Torcuil Crichton

Boris Johnson’s National Insurance tax hike will see two million families on low-income families paying an extra £100 a year while being hit with a £1000 a year cut in Universal Credit.

The Tory leader was confronted with the unfairness of his 1.25 per cent rise in National Insurance when the Commons met for Prime Minister’s Questions for the first time since the summer.

Ian Blackford, the SNP Westminster leader, accused the Prime Minister of imposing “a Tory poll tax on millions of Scottish workers” as he laid out the figures on low-paid workers.

Analysis from the Resolution Foundation think tank found young people will pay an extra £12,600 over their lives for a Tory care cap that helps those in the south of England the most.