Petition · past parliament

Reverse Philip Hammond's decision to abolish Class 2 NICs

Closed 183 signatures

What the petition asks

Philip Hammond proposes to abolish Class 2 National Insurance Credits, a move which targets the lowest self-employed earners - many of whom make only a few thousand pounds a year - and will force them to increase NIC payments by 400-500% in order to preserve their State Pension. This is unfair.
These measures unfairly target self employed people under the small earnings threshold who make less than £6,000 a year. People who are forced to work part-time due to caring responsibilities, children, old age or disability, or in low paying sectors such as the arts, will need to find an extra £600 a year, or else lose entitlement to their state pension. These workers have no access to employer subsidised work pensions and any provision for retirement they make already costs twice as much.

Timeline

29 Mar 2017 Petition opened for signatures
2 May 2017 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 183
Status Closed
Opened 29 Mar 2017
Closed 2 May 2017

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