His admission came after a Paxmanesque performance from the committee's deputy chairman Micahel Fallon, who asked eight times how many job losses it would cause. Finally a defeated Darling admitted "We think that the impact is manageable"
George Osborne, who announced Conservative Conservative plans to scrap the planned increase for 70% of people responded to the news by saying
"Alistair Darling admitted his National Insurance tax rise would cost jobs.
"How many? There must be an internal Treasury estimate - so what is it? Either he knows and is not telling us, or he doesn't care."
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