National insurance increase 'will lead to health job cuts'

TAX hikes in the Budget will lead to job cuts, GPs warned yesterday as Rachel Reeves was told to go back to her "socialist abacus".

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Family doctors, classed as private businesses, fear the increase in national insurance contributions will land them with bills of £40,000 a year.

Dentists said they will have to pass on extra costs to patients and warned more practices will only provide private treatment.