Starmer's vision quest

[Dorset Boy]

So far so plausible, but you have yet to produce any argument to show that NI is disproportionately increased for young people.

I stated in my first post that young people get paid less.
I then explained that they have less experience hence lower wages.
Follow the logic?

 

[bobzmyunkle]

I stated in my first post that young people get paid less.
I then explained that they have less experience hence lower wages.
Follow the logic?

No.

 

[Pblakeney]

Nothing circular in my first post - explain what you think is circular please.

RfA put up employer NI contributions and significantly reduced the threshold at which employers pay it. That was a significant cost increase for small businesses (the engine of the economy) and those lower paid positions became a lot less viable for the employer. Remove the profit from a business, hit their cash flow, and guess what, people lose jobs.

Was there a corresponding boost in jobs from April 2004 when the N.I. was reduced?

 

[First Aspect]

Was there a corresponding boost in jobs from April 2004 when the N.I. was reduced?

The biggest impact seems to have been from the lower thresholds. Did that change in 2004?