Could our National Insurance payments be cut by a fifth next week? The Chancellor is reportedly tempted to cut the main rate of NI on employees’ contributions from 10p in the pound to 8p in the Budget on March 6 a dramatic bid to catch voters’ attention and make a dent in Labour’s strong lead in the opinion polls.
Dame Prue Leith, an ardent campaigner for assisted suicide, has told of a lingering fear that a change in the law risks elderly people being coerced into seeking state-sanctioned suicide.