Gareth Snell

Gareth Snell

Labour (Co-op) — Stoke-on-Trent Central

Speaking in the House of Commons on 11 November 2026

Debate

Employers

Contribution

The shadow Minister makes a point about the increases to national insurance—absolutely fine; that is a political point that she is entitled to make. Will she tell me, using the exact same logic that she has applied to the criticism of this levy, why in 2021 she voted for the hypothecated health and social care levy, which was a 1.25% increase on national insurance for both employees and employers? Why was that an acceptable increase, but this was not?

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