Last week, people in charge of some of the UKs largest businesses wrote to the Telegraph supporting the Conservative’s pledge to halt Labour’s planned 1% rise in National Insurance. But National Insurance payments are a crucial source of finance for vital public services, pensions and payments to those who are sick and unemployed.

The business leaders who have signed the letter say that the rise in National Insurance could threaten jobs and put the economic recovery at risk. But really they’re concerned that the rise in national insurance will bring down their profits as their financial contributions as employers will increase.

The Chief Executives of huge companies may not rely on the public services funded by National Insurance. But it is likely that their customers, who earn normal salaries, will.

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