Rachel Reeves, the Labour Party’s shadow chancellor, has been warned that raising employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) would breach their commitment against increasing taxes. This follows growing speculation that she will increase this levy in an upcoming budget. But business secretary Jonathan Reynolds suggested the pledge only applied to employee contributions, hinting at a possible change. To support Labour’s anti-austerity goals, the party needs to raise £25bn ($34bn) annually in tax hikes, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Warning issued over ‘fast flux’ techniques used to obscure malicious signals on compromised networks
Law enforcement agencies have warned that organizations face a common network vulnerability that allows hackers to dodge detection and distribute malicious software indiscriminately. Referred to
