national insurance

noun

(in Britain) state insurance based on weekly contributions from employees and employers and providing payments to the unemployed, the sick, the retired, etc, as well as medical services See also social security

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In February, the then minister for policing, Dame Diana Johnson, told MPs the national insurance increases would be "fully funded" in the police settlement – the annual funding agreement for forces in England and Wales.

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Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp said Labour must give the police the resources they need and linked potential job cuts to the rise in employer national insurance contributions.

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Sir James will argue that taxes, minimum wage laws and national insurance, which all affect the cost of private school fees, do not interfere with "with freedom to offer or receive private education."

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The rise comes on top of recent increases in employers' national insurance and other utility bills meaning the public is facing even higher prices as firms pass on additional costs.

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The Conservatives claimed it was an "emergency budget" to "clean up the mess" created by her decision in October to increase national insurance costs for business and government borrowing to fund public services.

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National Industrial Recovery Act nationalism

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