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The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke, has said "the majority of self-employed people" will see a reduction in their National Insurance contributions.

Chancellor Philip Hammond announced in the Budget that National Insurance contributions from the self-employed would rise next year by 2%. However the Conservatives promised in their 2015 election manifesto that they wouldn't raise National Insurance.

David Gauke told Martha Kearney that the gap between the employed and the self-employed is "going to grow" if action isn't taken.

(Photo: David Gauke. Credit: Getty Images).