Wes Streeting calls for NI tax cuts for businesses to ‘incentivise’ hiring

Labour should also drill for oil and gas in North Sea, says former health secretary and leadership candidate Wes Streeting has called for national insurance tax cuts for businesses, and for the government to drill for oil and gas in the North Sea. The former health secretary and leadership candidate told the Sunday Times there should be a “targeted reduction” of employers’ national insurance contribution as a way to “actively incentivise” hiring, particularly of young people. Continue readin...

By Helena Horton