National Trust to cut at least 550 jobs after £10m rise in costs from Reeves’s budget

Exclusive: Charity hit by increase in employer national insurance and minimum wage and aims to save £26mThe National Trust is to cut at least 550 jobs in a cost-cutting drive that aims to save £26m after changes made in the chancellor Rachel Reeves’s debut budget pushed up labour costs.The conservation charity, which looks after 500 historic houses, castles, parks and gardens, said a more than £10m rise in costs in employer’s national insurance and the legal minimum wage in April had outstripped an increase in income from welcoming more visitors. Continue reading...

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