TaxPayers’ Alliance responds to proposed national insurance increase

Responding to a proposed one percentage point rise in national insurance to fund social care, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:

“Funding social care requires a more sustainable solution than simply whacking up taxes on working people and businesses.

“What’s more, when politicians earmark tax proceeds for specific items of spending, it is usually smoke and mirrors. National insurance itself is little more than just another income tax, with receipts used for day-to-day spending and quite often wasted.

“The government should rethink this assault on taxpayers and look for a long term funding model.”