The increase in Employers’ NI contributions is a very difficult change for many businesses but is particularly severe for charities who are rarely able to raise revenue to cover these costs and so are faced with trimming services instead. The House of Lords recognised this and has put forward many suggested amendments to the Government to ameliorate the impact on those organisations providing healthcare and keeping pressure off the NHS, but it seems that the Lords’ efforts were in vain and the NI regulations have been enacted as originally intended by the Government.