The government has scrapped its already-delayed plans to give the self-employed a National Insurance contribution (NIC) tax break.
The move follows analysis from the Treasury that found around 300,000 self-employed people making less than £6,000 a year would have had to pay five times more in pension contributions than they already do. Labour shadow Chancellor John McDonnell had called the move "another betrayal of the self-employed". The new bill had been set to scrap Class 2 NICs, where those who are self-employed and earning below the small profits threshold of £6,025 can pay a weekly rate of £2.85 in order to receive state pension entitlements. Under the proposed rules, which were set to be introduced in ...
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