Helen Morgan slams Chancellor’s jobs tax with employees in Shropshire facing financial hit of nearly £2,525

Helen Morgan MP has demanded the Chancellor ‘immediately scrap her jobs tax’ as new research revealed that employees in Shropshire face an estimated hit of more than £2,000.

The North Shropshire MP has warned that high streets could be ‘on the brink’, following the tax hike which came into force just two weeks ago.

The rise in employers’ National Insurance means employees in Shropshire face an estimated hit of almost £2,525 by the end of the decade as the jobs tax gets passed down to them as lower real wages, Liberal Democrat research has found.

At the Spring Statement, the OBR reported that 76% of the rise in employers' national insurance would be passed down to workers through lower real wages.

The research by the Liberal Democrats has found that Shropshire workers will be experiencing a hit of nearly £404 in the next year on average.

Helen has repeatedly called for ‘radical’ business rate reforms to help support Shropshire high streets since her election, most recently urging the Leader of the House of Commons to hold a debate on the issue in Parliament at the beginning of this month.  

Helen Morgan, Liberal Democrat MP for North Shropshire, said, “The Chancellor’s jobs tax means stretched Shropshire households face another financial battering in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis.

“After years of Conservative economic vandalism, this Labour government is now pushing local businesses to the brink of closure and risking more shops boarding up their fronts on our struggling high streets.

“The Chancellor must immediately scrap her jobs tax and overhaul the broken business rates system. This is the only way to unleash the growth potential of North Shropshire’s high streets and protect local household finances.”