Put simply, if a business has higher NI costs to employ existing staff its one of three outcomes:
a) Less staff doing more for less (DMFL)
b) Expansion limited for businesses. No new staff no growth
c) shedding staff saves money
and remember
@ukLabour is the party of business
Reeves budget, Nov 2025, reduced hospitality business rates discounts from 75% to 40% for 2026 & raised employer National Insurance contributions, prompting UK Hospitality to warn of 100,000 job losses and daily venue closures without a VAT cut to European levels like 13%.