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Reduction in the main rate of National Insurance from 12% to 10% from 6 January 2024. [19] Reduction in Class 4 National Insurance for self employed from 9% to 8% from April 2024. [19] Increase in the National Living Wage from £10.42 to £11.44 per hour from April 2024. The age threshold for the increase will also be lowered from 23 to 21. [19]
On 7 September 2021, the government announced an increase of NI rates by 1.25 percentage points for the 2022–23 tax year, breaking its 2019 manifesto promise. From 2023, a new health and social care levy charged at the 1.25% rate would be introduced with NI rates reverting to their previous rates. [27]
From 1 April 2024, the salary of a Member of the Scottish Parliament is £72,196. Additional amounts are paid to ministers and officers of the Parliament. Both the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland receive the equivalent of an MSP salary included with their Law Officer salaries. [3]
Millions of workers will begin paying higher National Insurance contributions from today as the 1.25 percentage point increase kicks in.
The measures will reportedly impact the private sector - with public bodies reimbursed by the Treasury
In Scotland from April 2024, all but three of the Scottish local councils introduced a 100% "additional levy" on second homes. Unfortunately this change was introduced very close to the beginning of the 2024-25 Council Tax year beginning, and it is unclear what procedures Councils have in place for identifying second homes.
[25] 6 January The Metropolitan Police confirms it has launched an investigation into the Post Office for potential fraud over the Horizon IT scandal. [26] The rate of National Insurance is reduced from 12% to 10%, reducing NI contributions for an estimated 27 million employees earning between £12,571 and £50,270. [27] 7 January
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