The hike in National Insurance payments has cost West Lothian Council an extra £8.8m in its wage bill. At a meeting of the full council, SNP opposition group leader Councillor Janet Campbell branded the increase a “jobs tax” and raised a motion demanding the council write to Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, asking for its revoke. […]

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