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Treasury: employer tax hikes could reduce employment

15 March 2025

1:23 AM

15 March 2025

1:23 AM

It has not been Rachel Reeves’s year. From accusations of CV embellishment to noisy backlash over the farmer’s tax, the Chancellor has been fighting on all fronts as she battles her way towards the Spring spending review. And now, in yet another blow for Reeves, it transpires that her plans to increase the amount of tax paid by employers are predicted to lead to, er, a decrease in Britain’s active workforce.

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