article_snippet: Labour yesterday vowed not to increase the duty, but George Osborne refused to follow suit.
article_snippet: But hours after the leader's disastrous Commons outing, Labour's shadow chancellor Ed Balls announced Labour's shadow chancellor Ed Balls would commit in the election manifesto not to hike National Insurance.
article_snippet: the ransom note says higher borrowing, uncontrolled immigration, unfettered welfare, higher taxes and weaker defence.'
highlights_snippet: Labour scrambles to recover by ruling out a rise in National Insurance .