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Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 July 2025

Debate

Jobs Market

Contribution

My Lords, what assessment have the Government made of how far the increase in employers’ NICs in April 2025 led to a further switch-out of regular employment into contract work or self-employment as a means of employers avoiding employers’ NICs? There is some evidence that this has been happening, and it is bad news for the public purse, as contractors pay a lot less in NICs and individual workers miss out on all the standard employment rights, including workplace pensions, paid holidays, sick pay et cetera.

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