Johnson Urged to Scrap $16 Billion Tax Rise as Living Costs Soar

One of Boris Johnson’s most senior ministers urged the prime minister to ditch a 12-billion-pound ($16 billion) rise in national insurance amid concerns about the rising cost of living in the U.K.

Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg, who oversees the parliamentary timetable, told the cabinet on Wednesday that the 1.25% rise in the payroll tax -- designed to help pay for the National Health Service and the growing cost of social care -- should be shelved as inflation and energy bills surge, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be ...