Charities: National Insurance Contributions

8. What recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer national insurance contributions on charities.

The Government highly value the charity sector and its positive contribution. However, we have had to take a number of difficult decisions on tax, welfare and spending to fix the public finances, fund public services and restore economic stability.

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations puts the cost at £1.4 billion. That is right, isn’t it?

I reiterate that we really value the charity sector, but we have had to make some very difficult decisions.