Written questions

Small Businesses: Employers' Contributions

Commons · Question 36077 · Tabled 6 Mar 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 13 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing a phased reduction in employer National Insurance contributions for businesses with fewer than 50 employees.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 13 Mar 2025

The Government has taken a number of difficult but necessary decisions on tax, welfare, and spending to fix the public finances, fund public services, and restore economic stability after the situation we inherited from the previous administration. One of...