According to Kemi Badenoch, Leader of the Conservative Party: “Labour thought they could squeeze the private sector by hiking employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs)……They forgot that the public sector also pays it.
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| Kemi Badenoch, Leader of the Conservative Party at PMQs. Screenshot: @KemiBadenoch |
“At #PMQs today the Prime Minister could not answer how much more it will cost to pay for care homes staff.
“But it’s not just social care costs…
A survey of nursery providers by
@EYAlliance
says Labour’s plans will ‘push the sector to the brink’ and force nurseries to increase their fees to compensate
Labour have just made childcare more expensive.
“Labour’s decision to raise NICs is also likely to lead to overstretched GP surgeries closing.
The BMA wrote to Health Secretary Wes Streeting to tell him that Labour’s Budget “will ultimately lead to NHS GP practices being forced to cut services and cut staff – impacting upon patient care”
“Shamefully, Labour have managed to clobber charities with their NICs rise.
The
@NCVO
, who campaign on behalf of UK charities, have written to Rachel Reeves telling her that the tax hike will cost the sector an additional £1.4bn a year, and 3 in 4 charities are already reducing their services to cut costs
“Care homes, nurseries, GP surgeries and charities, among many others, all struggling with Labour’s tax-raising Budget.
Cabinet members are now lobbying behind the scenes for the chancellor to fix the mess.
The Labour government has no idea what it is doing.”
Labour thought they could squeeze the private sector by hiking employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs)……They forgot that the public sector also pays it 🫤
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— Kemi Badenoch (@KemiBadenoch) November 13, 2024
