Scrap the 2% increase in NICs for the self employed

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Self employed people do not enjoy the luxuries of sick pay, maternity pay or holiday pay. Sometimes we don't know where next week's wage will come from. Increasing our NICs will only make things harder in these already difficult times. Scrap the 2% increase and find your £145m elsewhere.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

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:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-chancellor-to-chairman-of-treasury-select-committee-on-national-insurance-contributions-for-the-self-employed

Timeline

8 Mar 2017	Petition opened for signatures
15 Mar 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Mar 2017

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