Claire Young MP calls for GPs and care homes to be spared from NI tax hike

GPs and care providers in Thornbury & Yate will be “pushed to the brink” without an exemption from the Budget’s National Insurance tax hike, Lib Dem MP Claire Young has said.

GP’s and care providers across South Gloucestershire are already struggling, but this new tax rise will add to the pressure by forcing small care providers and GPs to pay more in National Insurance Contributions for staff in their employ.

The government provided extra funding for the NHS and other public sector organisations to cover the cost of the tax rise. However, GPs and the vast majority of care providers are private companies and so won't benefit from this help.

Claire Young has called today for these crucial health and care services to be exempted from the NI hike - or risk them shutting up shop for good.

Commenting, Liberal Democrat MP Claire Young said: 

“When I speak to GPs and care providers in our area, they tell me of the immense pressure that they are under following years of Conservative mismanagement. 

“The decisions the Chancellor made at the Budget will push those crucial services to the brink. Some could even be forced to shut up shop due to the rising costs.

“People must be able to access decent health and care services. That’s why the government must exempt GPs and care providers from this new tax hike.”