The Leader

How National Insurance tax cut impacts you

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Episode notes

The Standard podcast is in Westminster as we focus on the critical pound in our pocket.

The Evening Standard’s reports that disposable income for households in the capital is set to rise by a meagre £110 on average this year’ with National Insurance cuts and stealth taxes.

But South East England will be the hardest hit by the combination of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s fiscal changes.

Plus, Professor Tony Travers, of the London School of Economics, warns the Tories risk a “near death experience” in London following a shock poll showing the party having zero post-election MPs in the capital.

For the latest political and economic insights, Mark Blunden is joined by Evening Standard political editor Nicholas Cecil at Parliament.

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