Chancellor Phillip Hammond. Take away the new budget attack on the self employed

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Our self-employed people are the growth creators and the job creators of our economy. Today the government failed them.Government must pledge to reverse this discriminatory change.Running your own business is a struggle as it is.

Today in the budget phillip Hammond announced he will be raising the NIC on the hard working self employed. Small business and self employed should be getting more support. Not being targeted for the wrong reasons.

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 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Mar 2017

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