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Abolish the NI Increase for self employed

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

The government have announced ni increase to make employees and self employed payments more equal.
Self employed people do not receive sick pay, holiday pay or paternity pay. This is why NI contributions should be lower. Taxing small businesses is counter productive to the economy

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 15 Mar 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.