TaxPayers’ Alliance responds to national insurance carve out for Indian migrants

For immediate release

Responding to the newly announced free trade deal between India and Britain, which gives exemptions to Indian migrants from paying national insurance for three years, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:

“Taxpayers will be livid that while they’re being hammered with higher taxes, Indian workers will now be granted exemptions.

“Labour has caved into foreign demands, offering a gold-plated carve-out that leaves British workers footing an ever larger tax bill, all the while the country’s finances and cultural cohesion come under further pressure from high levels of migration.

“Ministers should scrap this two-tier tax exemption and put British workers first instead of selling them out to appease foreign countries.”


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Media contact:

William Yarwood
Media Campaign Manager, TaxPayers' Alliance
william.yarwood@taxpayersalliance.com
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Notes to editors:

1. Founded in 2004 by Matthew Elliott and Andrew Allum, the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) campaigns to reform taxes and public services, cut waste and speak up for British taxpayers. Find out more at www.taxpayersalliance.com.
2. TaxPayers' Alliance's research council.
3. The national insurance carve-out for Indian migrants is part of the UK-India trade deal announced today by the government.