PBR: National insurance contributions to rise by 0.5%
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Chancellor Alistair Darling has increased national insurance by 0.5 per cent to help plug the deficit in public debt.
Those earning less than £20,000 will be exempt from the rise.
Darling said the move would save £3bn in 2011/12.
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Anonymous | 9 Dec 2009 2:35 pm
Did he actually use the word 'save'? My understanding of the word 'save' is different from his!
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John Stevenson | 9 Dec 2009 2:42 pm
Get the unemployed back to work and have a blitz of benefits and then cut NICs. Simple but Darling is brainless- I agree with the last person who made a comment he does not the difference between save,spend and screw.
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Cui bono | 9 Dec 2009 3:01 pm
The language of the cheats and liars:
Invest = Spend
Save = Take
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