Dividend tax hike hits 'entrepreneurial spirit of the nation'

This comes shortly after Johnson's address to the House of Commons today (7 September), in which he introduced a new ‘Health and Social Care Levy' which will raise approximately £36bn to be spent across the UK in order to prevent "catastrophic" care bills for the elderly and infirm. The levy includes a 1.25% hike in National Insurance contributions from April next year, as well as a 1.25% increase in tax on share dividends. The former has come under fire from Labour leader Keir Starmer as well as a number of Tory backbenchers, who argue that an NI increase will disproportionately impa...