National Insurance rise: Government must do more on cost of living - minister

The government needs to do "a lot more" to help people struggling with the cost of living, a minister has said, as some Tory MPs called for a rise in National Insurance to be delayed. Defence Minister James Heappey said people were "feeling the squeeze" of rising prices and the government was in …


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