Boris Johnson lets slip manifesto pledge to cut national insurance
2019-11-21 10:08:53 source：The Guardian
November 20, 2019
Boris Johnson has said he wants to raise the national insurance threshold to £12,500, letting slip a major Tory tax cut from the manifesto as he was speaking to workers in Teesside.
The prime minister blurted out the key announcement as he was pressed by an employee at a fabrication yard about whether he would help “people like us”, not just the rich.
However, it quickly emerged that the Tories would only pledge to raise the threshold to £9,500 next year, then lift it gradually over many years until it reached the target £12,500.
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