National insurance rise will go ahead despite Tory dissent, insists minister

Some MPs said to be demanding increase is scrapped as the price for supporting Boris Johnson’s leadership

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A cabinet minister has argued that the national insurance rise should go ahead as planned despite Tory rebels reportedly pushing for it to be scrapped as the price for their support of Boris Johnson’s leadership.

Thérèse Coffey, the work and pensions secretary, said there were no “dissenting voices” in government pushing for the increase to be ditched, or pushed back, ahead of its introduction on 6 April.

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