The Chancellor Philip Hammond has said the Government will not proceed with the hike in National Insurance contributions for the self-employed, announced in the Budget.
According to reports, in a letter to Conservative MPs, the Chancellor said ‘there will be no increases in rates in this Parliament’.
It comes less than a week after the Prime Minister Theresa May revealed plans to delay legislating for the increases until the autumn, rather than this spring as expected.
It follows a public rebellion by senior Conservatives, including Guto Bebb, the junior Wales Office minister who is also a whip, who accused the Government of breaking a general election manifesto commitment not to increase National Insurance.
