Category: Nigel Lawson

Secret Thatcher-era memo undermines Sunak’s plan to scrap national insurance

by The Guardian | Apr 30, 2024 | Conservatives, Labour, National insurance, Nigel Lawson, Pensions, Politics, Rishi Sunak, Tax, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Former chancellor Nigel Lawson, who PM cites as inspiration, warned merging NICs with income tax would ‘create many losers’A secret, unpublished memo from Margaret Thatcher’s tax-cutting chancellor Nigel Lawson warned against...