Ms ShillabeerThe claim: Boris Johnson unexpectedly unveiled the Conservatives' plan to raise the threshold at which people start paying National Insurance contributions. He said: "If we're lucky enough to be elected, so the first Budget we will go up to the £9,500 threshold and that will, as I say, put £500 into the pockets of everybody."WHERE IS THE MENTION OF SAVINGS OVER THE FULL TERM ?But the Conservatives' press release says the move "will cut taxes for 31 million workers by approximately £100 a year". Over time we will raise the threshold to £12,500, saving workers approximately £500 a year".The IFS has a slightly different figure - it calculates that everyone earning more than £9,500 would benefit by £85 in 2020-21. Their figure is different largely because the threshold would have risen slightly by then anyway to allow for inflation.In a separate interview with ITV News, Mr Johnson talked about the benefit from raising the threshold to £9,500 saying: "It's about £500 a year." The reporter challenged him saying: "That's not what you are guaranteeing. You are guaranteeing about £100 next year and there's an ambition for £500."But Mr Johnson was adamant: "You are not right there. We are going to £9,500 threshold initially and then the ambition is to get to the £12,500 threshold. But the initial cut that we are making does offer a £500 cut for every working person."Typical weasel words from a weasley politician.And people like you fall for it !
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