Submitted on Thursday 9th March 2017
Rejected on Wednesday 15th March 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Self employed national insurance to rise, make the government pay for sick pay
Lower national insurance payments help self employed people like myself cope with the loss of earnings due to illness
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Chancellor has announced today (15 March) that the proposed changes to National Insurance for self-employed people won’t go ahead.
The Chancellor made a statement about this to the House of Commons. You can find out more, including how to watch the statement and read a transcript, here:
http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2017/march/statement-on-class-4-national-insurance-contributions/
You can read a letter about this issue, which the Chancellor has sent to the Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee (Andrew Tyrie MP), here:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-chancellor-to-chairman-of-treasury-select-committee-on-national-insurance-contributions-for-the-self-employed
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