Salons have been hit hard by Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s £25 billion National Insurance raid. She both increased the rate paid by employers and lowered the threshold at which the levy kicks in.

Rachel Reeves is reportedly planning to cut some Whitehall budgets by up to 11%. The Chancellor is poised to slash spending in the spring as scrambles to avoid breaking her so-called fiscal rules.

Salons have been hit hard by Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s £25 billion National Insurance raid. She both increased the rate paid by employers and lowered the threshold at which the levy kicks in.