National Insurance Social Care 'Should Be Exempt From Rise'

The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to exempt the social care sector from the increase in national insurance in the budget, as an organisation representing many smaller care providers warned that the impact would be substantial.

- Peter Walker

In the biggest fiscal measures of Wednesday's budget, raising an additional £25bn a year by the end of the parliament, Rachel Reeves announced an increase of 1.2 percentage points on the national insurance paid by employers, with the salary threshold at which this begins falling from £9,100 a year to £5,000.

While the chancellor said public sector organisations including the NHS would be reimbursed the extra payments, most care providers are run privately, and will thus be liable.