Election 2010: Tories would raise NI threshold for employers

Laura Miller
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The Tories have pledged to raise the the secondary threshold at which employers start paying National Insurance (NI) by £21 a week, countering what it calls Labour's "job tax" of a 1% NI increase.

Unveiling their party's manifesto today at Battesea Power Station, the Conservatives also promised employees a rise of £24 a week in the primary NI threshold and in the Upper Earnings Limit by £29 a week. The Tories claim seven out of 10 working people - those earning between £7,100 and £45,400 - and almost every employer will save up to £150 a year per person compared to under Labour. Lower earners will get the greatest benefit as a percentage of their earnings, it says, adding nobody will be worse off as a result of these changes. "One thing is clear," the party states, "we can't...

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