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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Boris Johnson says Margaret Thatcher would have supported National Insurance tax rise

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Boris Johnson has continued to double down on a scheduled National Insurance increase insisting that Margaret Thatcher would have supported the tax hike.

The prime minister had faced pressure from some Conservative MPs to scrap or at least delay the April 1.25 per centage point increase amid the cost of living crisis and Partygate scandal.

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