Property News · March 15, 2017

Hammond's NICs U-turn is a political disaster for the government


Chancellor’s change of heart raises the question of who’s in charge at the Treasury: Hammond, May or the Daily Mail?Not so funny now, is it chancellor? A week to the day since he peppered his debut budget speech with gags to disguise its thinness, Philip Hammond has just done a screeching U-turn.There was only one measure of note in the package – an increase in national insurance contributions for the self-employed – and from the moment it was announced the proposal caused a firestorm of criticism. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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