Budget could include rise in employers’ national insurance, minister suggests

Reynolds said: ‘There’s a lot already in the manifesto, but you have to wait for the detail of a budget.’ Photograph: Maja Smiejkowska/PA Media

The business secretary has said Labour’s manifesto pledge not to raise national insurance applied to employees but he did not rule out raising employers’ contributions in the budget.

Speaking on Sky’s Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, Jonathan Reynolds was asked if the pledge applied to employees’ and employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs).