Keir Starmer floundered as Rishi Sunak repeatedly pressed him at PMQs on speculation that the levy could be extended to employers' contributions.
Keir Starmer desperately dodged today as he was challenged to rule out a massive national insurance raid at the Budget.
During the first clash since party conferences, Mr Sunak asked the premier whether his vow not to increase NICs extended to employer pension contributions. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has suggested the rule 'should be reformed', calculating that if employers were charged NI on pension contributions at the same rate as wages - 13.8 per cent - it could raise £17billion a year.
'But I know that not everything or everyone has survived his first 100 days in Government, so can he confirm that when he promised not to raise income tax, National Insurance or VAT, that commitment applies to both employer and employee National Insurance contributions?' 'I'm not asking about the Budget, I'm asking specifically about the promise he made the British people,' he said.
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