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UK Government abusing NI policy

I AM at one with the sentiments of Barry Lees's letter (January 16).

By virtue of its very name, our National Insurance is what it says it is, an "insurance" policy. It is in reality a nationalised payment protection insurance policy, and we are all well aware of how derided this type of policy is.

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