Pubs and restaurants are closing as a result of Labour’s national insurance and minimum wage increases

Pubs and restaurants cut nearly 90,000 roles in wake of National Insurance increase

Pubs and restaurants are closing as a result of Labour’s national insurance and minimum wage increases

Some 89,000 jobs have been axed in restaurants, bars, pubs and hotels since Rachel Reeves' Budget last October, according to analysis of official figures by UK Hospitality.

Chancellor seeks to fill a black hole of up to £50 billion in the public finances

Rachel Reeves’s reported plan to levy National Insurance on rental income will be the final straw for many landlords