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RSS FeedsBoris Johnson“s national insurance promise will be hard to keep | Larry Elliott
(The Guardian China)

 
 

21 november 2019 12:21:52

 
Boris Johnson“s national insurance promise will be hard to keep | Larry Elliott
(The Guardian China)
 


Prime minister“s pledge in the TV debate was vague, premature and at odds with Tory financial rulesThe strain of remaining on message for a whole hour in his head-to-head debate with Jeremy Corbyn seems to have been too much for Boris Johnson. It really wasn“t part of the plan for the prime minister to reveal ahead of time a rabbit due to be pulled out of the hat at the Conservative party manifesto launch - an increase to £12,000 in the threshold at which national insurance contributions have to paid.Although premature, the announcement dovetails with other Tory proposals - higher public spending, an increase in the national minimum wage to £10.50 and the decision not to go ahead with cuts in corporation tax. All are intended to win support among voters in the marginals in the Midlands and the north of England and to defuse the argument that Johnson is only interested in delivering for the rich. At the 2017 general election, the Tories had no offer to counter Corbyn“s anti-austerity programme; this time they do. Continue reading...


 
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