Clive Jones

Clive Jones

Liberal Democrat — Wokingham

Speaking in the House of Commons on 31 October 2024

Debate

Small Businesses: Scaling Up

Contribution

Wokingham has one of the highest rates of business survival when compared with the averages for the south-east and Berkshire, but yesterday’s announcement that the Government will raise employers’ national insurance throws that into doubt. The hike is, plain and simple, a tax on jobs that will deal a hammer blow to our small businesses. What will the Government do to mitigate the impact on small businesses in my constituency and across the country?

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