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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Martina Bet

Javid defends national insurance rise: ‘Morally wrong to let our children pay’

PA Wire

The Health Secretary has defended the decision to increase national insurance (NI) for millions of workers as he claimed it would be “morally wrong” to let “our children pay for our healthcare and our adult social care”.

From Wednesday, national insurance contributions will increase by 1.25 percentage points.

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