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Professor John Robertson OBA

BBC UK has the above shocking news of the effect that the Labour government’s policies on National Insurance have had. The Scottish job loss figure would be around 8 000.

How has this happened?

In the Telegraph today:

Hospitality is particularly vulnerable to Ms Reeves’s changes to National Insurance contributions (NICs) because the increase in the tax rate from 13.8pc to 15pc was accompanied by a cut to the annual earnings threshold at which it applies.

By cutting the point at which the levy kicks in from £9,100 per year to £5,000, the Chancellor applied the tax to more of the low-paid and part-time staff on which bars and eateries depend.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hospitality-suffers-half-job-losses-050000160.html

How are Scotland’s media covering this important story?

Not a trace on any front page, in BBC Scotland, in BBC Scotland Business.

Where is Douglas Fraser?