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Evening Standard
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Jonathan Prynn

Next boss issues warning on the impact on jobs of NI changes

Simon Wolfson said he was worried that the Government was making it harder for people to enter the workplace -

The boss of Next today warned that high National Insurance rates for employers due to come into effect in April could make it "harder for people to enter the workforce."

The high street fashion giant’s CEO Lord Wolfson told the BBC that the rise in NI announced by Rachel Reeves in the October Budget would be a hammer blow for retailers and meant "the axe [had] fallen particularly hard" on entry-level jobs.

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