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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Nina Lloyd

Tories pledge to halve employer national insurance for young people

The Tories have pledged to halve employer national insurance for young people (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Tories have pledged to halve employer national insurance on jobs worked by young people if they win the next election.

The flat rate for businesses would be slashed from 15% to 7.5% for workers aged 21 to 24 at an estimated cost of £2.3 billion, the Conservatives said.

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