National Insurance cut confirmed as Budget looks ahead to election dividing lines | TheBusinessDesk.com

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : There will be transitional measures for current non-doms.
52% : Hunt confirmed other widely-expected measures, including an increase in Air Passenger Duty on non-economy flights while tax relief for holiday lettings, such as AirBnb properties, will be abolished.
49% : Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed the well-trailled 2p cut in National Insurance for employees and the self-employed, which followed the National Insurance cut in the Autumn Statement.
48% : He said it was his "long-term ambition" to continue to cut National Insurance "to make work pay".
46% : Other revenue-generating measures included the introduction of a tax on vaping products, and an increase in tobacco duty, and the extension of the windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies.
40% : National Insurance is to be cut as part of the Conservatives' commitment "to make work pay" in a Budget that sought to lay the ground ahead of an election later this year.

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