来源：《卫报》
原文刊登日期：2024年3月7日
Before he unveiled his main tax cut in the 2024 budget this week, Jeremy Hunt criticised the fact that Britain collects two different types of taxes on earnings: income tax and national insurance contributions (NICs). The system has become too complicated, the chancellor said. It penalises work, he added, thus deterring a high-wage, high-skill economy. He then announced a cut in employees’ NICs by a further 2p, and ended: “Our long-term ambition is to end this unfairness … we will continue to cut national insurance.”