Chancellor Philip Hammond scraps Budget plans to increase NI

Plans to increase National Insurance levels for self-employed people - announced in the Budget last week - have been dropped.
Chancellor Philip Hammond . Picture: PAChancellor Philip Hammond . Picture: PA
Chancellor Philip Hammond . Picture: PA

Chancellor Philip Hammond has told Tory MPs that the Government will not proceed with the increase in National Insurance contributions for the self-employed set out in the Budget.

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