Boris Johnson ‘backs new tax to fund social care plan’
3 years, 5 months ago

Boris Johnson ‘backs new tax to fund social care plan’

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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Boris Johnson is backing plans for a new tax to fund long-overdue reforms to social care in England, according to reports. Downing Street is “comfortable with some sort of tax” to cover universal social care, a government source told The Times. Caroline Abrahams, the charity director of Age UK, warned the government it could not offer a “penny pinching response” to the social care crisis. It would be worth it for the reassurance and dignity we all gained in return.” Andrew Dilnot, who led a major review into social care funding a decade ago, warned earlier this year that the system could remain unfixed until after the next general election if plans were not revealed in the upcoming spending review.

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No more consultations – it’s time to operate on the sickly NHS
2 months, 2 weeks ago

No more consultations – it’s time to operate on the sickly NHS

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Sir Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting, his health secretary, will today launch a “national conversation” about the government’s 10-year plan for the NHS, due next spring. However, in a round of Sunday broadcast interviews, Mr Streeting explained that the government wants to “engage” with the public, NHS staff and experts, who will be asked to submit ideas via a website. …

Senior minister declines to rule out extending freeze on income tax thresholds
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Senior minister declines to rule out extending freeze on income tax thresholds

The Independent  

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Boris Johnson demands inheritance tax cut for baby boomers to pass down ‘colossal’ wealth
1 year, 1 month ago

Boris Johnson demands inheritance tax cut for baby boomers to pass down ‘colossal’ wealth

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Charities lament unfulfilled promise four years on from vow to ‘fix social care’
1 year, 5 months ago

Charities lament unfulfilled promise four years on from vow to ‘fix social care’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Since Boris Johnson pledged to fix social care four years ago we have all …

Social care promise in doubt as Rishi Sunak ‘to delay cap on costs until 2025’
2 years, 1 month ago

Social care promise in doubt as Rishi Sunak ‘to delay cap on costs until 2025’

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Boris Johnson defends ‘necessary and fair’ National Insurance rise
2 years, 9 months ago

Boris Johnson defends ‘necessary and fair’ National Insurance rise

The Telegraph  

The Prime Minister has defended the decision to hike up national insurance for millions of workers, arguing that the manifesto-breaking rise is "necessary, fair and responsible". From April 2023 onwards, the NI rate will decrease back to the 2021-22 level, with a new 1.25 per cent health and social care levy legally introduced. The UK Government predicts that the tax …

Boris Johnson warns 'there is a limit' to No 10 support in energy bills crisis
2 years, 9 months ago

Boris Johnson warns 'there is a limit' to No 10 support in energy bills crisis

The Telegraph  

Boris Johnson has warned "there is a limit" to how much the Government can do to tackle rising energy bills as he defended today's National Insurance hike. The Prime Minister insisted the Government is already helping struggling families but he said "we have got to be frank" about how much taxpayers' money can be spent on alleviating the pressure caused …

Boris Johnson defends tax hike as national insurance rise comes into force
2 years, 9 months ago

Boris Johnson defends tax hike as national insurance rise comes into force

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The levy is the necessary, fair and responsible next step, providing our health and …

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak jointly commit to National Insurance hike
2 years, 11 months ago

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak jointly commit to National Insurance hike

The Telegraph  

The Prime Minister and the Chancellor have vowed to push ahead with a £12 billion National Insurance hike amid pressure from Tory MPs to ditch the controversial move. In a joint intervention, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak described the levy - which will fund sweeping social care reforms and aim to clear the NHS patient backlog caused - as “the …

Government’s social care reform plan is ‘insufficient’
3 years, 1 month ago

Government’s social care reform plan is ‘insufficient’

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Boris Johnson’s controversial care plans face resistance in Lords
3 years, 1 month ago

Boris Johnson’s controversial care plans face resistance in Lords

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Boris Johnson sees off Tory rebellion over controversial cap on social care costs
3 years, 1 month ago

Boris Johnson sees off Tory rebellion over controversial cap on social care costs

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Public believe taxes are MORE likely to increase under the Conservatives than Labour
3 years, 3 months ago

Public believe taxes are MORE likely to increase under the Conservatives than Labour

Daily Mail  

The Conservatives are no longer seen as the party of low taxes with voters saying Boris Johnson's party is more likely to put them up than Labour. A poll by YouGov found that more people believe the Tories would raise taxes if they were re-elected than believe Sir Starmer's opposition would push them higher, by 64 per cent to 56 …

DAN HODGES: What happens the next time Boris Johnson turns to voters and begs: Please trust me?
3 years, 3 months ago

DAN HODGES: What happens the next time Boris Johnson turns to voters and begs: Please trust me?

Daily Mail  

For the past few months, Ministers and Tory MPs have become increasingly concerned about Boris Johnson and his erratic political agenda. As one Minister told me: ‘It’s all a bit Red Ed.’ Nick Clegg only got caught telling one massive lie to the electorate. But in the course of unleashing his £12 billion social care tax raid, Boris has told …

Extra tax to fix social care must not line care home bosses' pockets
3 years, 4 months ago

Extra tax to fix social care must not line care home bosses' pockets

Daily Mail  

Forget talk of national insurance, or a health and social care levy, Boris Johnson’s plan to tackle the social care crisis involves an income tax. Rather than raise the rate of income tax, the manifesto-busting move initially add 1.25 per cent to national insurance, and then swap that a year later for a health and social care levy. Britons have …

Boris Johnson's social care plan: why tax increases may not fix NHS crisis
3 years, 4 months ago

Boris Johnson's social care plan: why tax increases may not fix NHS crisis

The Telegraph  

Anita Charlesworth, director of research at the Health Foundation, warns this “falls well short of what is needed to stabilise the current system and deliver the comprehensive reform that is so desperately needed”. Only after the health service has had a chance to recover might more cash be diverted to social care, if a brave minister decides the NHS can …

Politics latest news: MPs vote through Boris Johnson's National Insurance tax rise
3 years, 4 months ago

Politics latest news: MPs vote through Boris Johnson's National Insurance tax rise

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Boris Johnson staved off discontent in the Tory party and rumours of a rebellion that never came to pass, as the health and social care levy was comfortably waved through Parliament by 319 votes to 248. In their 2019 manifesto, the Conservatives promised to raise National Insurance, yet Mr Johnson said that a pandemic "was in no one's manifesto" and …

Social care reforms ‘to push taxes to highest-ever sustained share of economy’
3 years, 4 months ago

Social care reforms ‘to push taxes to highest-ever sustained share of economy’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Following just six months after the March Budget, itself …

Boris Johnson gambles on HUGE social care revolution funded by £12bn tax raid
3 years, 4 months ago

Boris Johnson gambles on HUGE social care revolution funded by £12bn tax raid

Daily Mail  

Business leaders have slammed Boris Johnson's pledge-breaking £12billion national insurance raid as a 'kick in the teeth' for Covid-hit firms - as the Prime Minister admitted he cannot rule out even more hikes. The Institute for Fiscal Studies said yesterday's 1.25 per cent rise in national insurance for 25million people, together with other tax rises already announced, would take the …

Funding social care is 'permanent new role for Government', says Rishi Sunak
3 years, 4 months ago

Funding social care is 'permanent new role for Government', says Rishi Sunak

The Telegraph  

The move to funding social care through a new levy is a "permanent new role for the Government", Rishi Sunak has said. Speaking at a press conference alongside Boris Johnson, the Chancellor said the health and social care would help "properly fund the NHS" as it deals with the "significant" backlog caused by the pandemic, as well as creating "an …

Prime Minister is urged to 'bite the bullet' and finally deal with long-awaited overhaul of system
3 years, 4 months ago

Prime Minister is urged to 'bite the bullet' and finally deal with long-awaited overhaul of system

Daily Mail  

Boris Johnson was urged last night to ‘bite the bullet’ and finally announce his long-awaited social care reforms amid rising hopes they could be finalised in days. The Prime Minister and Chancellor Rishi Sunak are thought to be close to a deal to cap social care costs, the last details of which insiders believe could be ironed out this week. …

Boris Johnson's ambitious social care plans shelved until autumn
3 years, 5 months ago

Boris Johnson's ambitious social care plans shelved until autumn

The Telegraph  

The Government’s long-awaited social care plans have been delayed until the autumn after Boris Johnson and the key cabinet ministers behind the package were forced to self-isolate due to Covid-19. but it’s 23 years since the report of the Royal Commission on Social Care, and six years since the then Conservative government pulled the plug on a set of reforms …

Boris Johnson’s social care plan could finally be revealed next week
3 years, 5 months ago

Boris Johnson’s social care plan could finally be revealed next week

The Telegraph  

Boris Johnson’s plan to overhaul social care could be unveiled as early as next week, as government sources say an impasse over a cap on lifetime care costs may be broken within days. Pressure is mounting on Mr Johnson to spell out how he will grasp the growing care crisis ahead of next Saturday, which marks the two-year anniversary of …

Queen's Speech: Boris Johnson aims to 'level up' jobs and investment in former Labour heartlands
3 years, 7 months ago

Queen's Speech: Boris Johnson aims to 'level up' jobs and investment in former Labour heartlands

Daily Mail  

Boris Johnson left No10 for Parliament today as he plans to heap pressure on stricken Keir Starmer with a Queen's Speech aiming to 'level up' jobs and investment in former Labour heartlands. However, the government is already facing criticism over the lack of action on social care provision - something Mr Johnson has promised to fix. Boris Johnson has vowed …

The pandemic has laid bare the social care crisis as never before – so why didn’t Sunak tackle it in the Budget?
3 years, 10 months ago

The pandemic has laid bare the social care crisis as never before – so why didn’t Sunak tackle it in the Budget?

The Independent  

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One year after Boris Johnson promised to fix social care, we're still waiting
4 years, 5 months ago

One year after Boris Johnson promised to fix social care, we're still waiting

The Independent  

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Coronavirus: Boris Johnson promises pandemic will not lead to return of austerity
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson promises pandemic will not lead to return of austerity

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If Boris Johnson had met my patients, he’d know they can’t wait five years for food and beds
4 years, 10 months ago

If Boris Johnson had met my patients, he’d know they can’t wait five years for food and beds

The Independent  

I’m doing a home visit,” I told the reception team in case they needed to find me. Try interim care.” I tried to sell it to interim care, an agency invented to sort out urgent social care the same day, because social services can’t, but they advised me – by email 2 days later – that the environment “was not …

Social care crisis will leave thousands of NHS beds out of action, warns Labour
5 years, 1 month ago

Social care crisis will leave thousands of NHS beds out of action, warns Labour

The Independent  

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Tory manifesto: Boris Johnson ditches planned income tax cuts for high earners
5 years, 1 month ago

Tory manifesto: Boris Johnson ditches planned income tax cuts for high earners

The Independent  

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Boris Johnson pledges major tax cut for wealthy people that would cost £9.6bn a year
5 years, 6 months ago

Boris Johnson pledges major tax cut for wealthy people that would cost £9.6bn a year

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Fury as government delays promised social care reform for sixth time amid Brexit gridlock
5 years, 9 months ago

Fury as government delays promised social care reform for sixth time amid Brexit gridlock

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