Rachel Reeves' £25 billion tax raid employers' National Insurance contributions could force GP practices to close, doctors warn By EMILY HAWKINS CITY REPORTER Published: 22:51, 13 November 2024 | Updated: 23:16, 13 November 2024 e-mail View comments Labour's National Insurance hike is an 'existential threat' to GP surgeries, leading doctors warned last night. The British Medical Association is the latest body to criticise Chancellor Rachel Reeves ' £25 billion tax raid on employers' National Insurance contributions. In a strongly-worded statement, the doctors' union called for GP practices to be given funding to cover the full extra costs of the increase.
It said the BMA was 'astonished at the suggestion that GPs are not part of the NHS family and recognises the existential threat to NHS general practice across the UK by the significant increase of the National Insurance and national living wage burden on general practice after many years of under-investment'. It comes as retail and hospitality bosses accused Ms Reeves of 'driving businesses to the wall'. The British Medical Association is the latest body to criticise Chancellor Rachel Reeves ' £25 billion tax raid on employers' National Insurance contributions Labour's National Insurance hike is an 'existential threat' to GP surgeries, doctors are warning (file image) The Chancellor was criticised by the chairman of pub chain Fuller, Smith and Turner, and warned by the British Retail Consortium that job losses and higher .