Abandon plans to increase National Insurance rates for self employed workers.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Freelancers, small companies and other self employed workers enjoy none of the benefits taken for granted by employed workers such as paid holiday time, payed sick leave and pension contributions. What little tax advantage we currently benefit from falls a long way short of making up for this

We work hard without a "safety net" and are far more exposed to the risks of the current financial environment than employed workers. Yet again we are under attack - The grossly unfair IR35 proposals, limits on dividend payments and the reckless, ideologically-driven descent into "Hard Brexit" are undermining the security of self-employed workers. Give us a break - we are already walking a tightrope and the government should not underestimate the impact of these proposals.

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Mar 2017

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