BRC asks the Chancellor to raise the employer National Insurance threshold

Photo: Extra Coop supermarket, Bergen Storsenter, Norway 2017-11-01 cashier checkout a by Wolfmann, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
The BRC's own letter to the Chancellor calls for a higher employer National Insurance threshold, stating retail employment costs have risen by GBP 6.5bn in two years while retail jobs fell by 115,000 over the same period.
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- Source organisation
- British Retail Consortium
- Original date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Published by us
- 17 Sept 2026
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