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<p>The Government has no current plans to increase the Employment Allowance (EA).
The EA has already been significantly increased since its introduction in 2014. In
April 2020, the Government increased the EA from £3,000 to £4,000 and focused the
relief on helping smaller businesses take on extra staff, fulfil their potential,
and boost employment. This increase benefitted around 510,000 businesses, of which
65,000 businesses were estimated to be taken out of paying National Insurance contribution
bills entirely.</p>
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