Keep national insurance rise to boost social care wages, say Tory MPs
2 years, 5 months ago

Keep national insurance rise to boost social care wages, say Tory MPs

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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. Read our privacy policy Social care workers need to be “better paid and more highly regarded” rather than earning less than dog walkers, a former deputy prime minister has said. Mr Green, who served as deputy prime minister under Theresa May, said: “We need more care workers, we need them to stay longer in their jobs, and we need them to be better paid and more highly regarded.” Anne Pridmore, who receives 24/7 social care and contributed to the report, said: “We must recognise and appreciate the skills of the workforce, and pay workers a decent wage. “While it’s easy to talk about tax cuts, the reality is that this leads to cuts to services, cuts to care and ultimately placing the lives of those in need under threat.” He added: “Anyone who is advocating for the removal of the social care levy needs to come forward to explain how they are going to fund social care without it. It looks as if a key Conservative pledge to protect homes from being sold to pay for care is now at risk.” As well as raising the minimum wage for care workers, the PPP report recommends better funding for workforce wellbeing, promotion of social care careers in schools and the establishment of a Royal College of Care Professionals to raise the sector’s status.

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Difficult decisions for employers after national insurance hike, says minister
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Difficult decisions for employers after national insurance hike, says minister

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Budget changes will leave disabled and elderly without care as struggling providers go under, experts warn
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Budget changes will leave disabled and elderly without care as struggling providers go under, experts warn

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New Budget blow to Rachel Reeves as disability charity says it may be forced to scrap key services
4 weeks ago

New Budget blow to Rachel Reeves as disability charity says it may be forced to scrap key services

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Streeting hints at help for health organisations hit by national insurance rise
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Streeting hints at help for health organisations hit by national insurance rise

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Patients could find it even harder to see a GP after Labour's hike in National Insurance, health leaders warn
2 months ago

Patients could find it even harder to see a GP after Labour's hike in National Insurance, health leaders warn

Daily Mail  

Patients could find it harder to see their GP because of the rise in national insurance - with 5million a month already unable to do so, health leaders warn. Dentists, pharmacists, social care providers and charities have also told of their fears that Rachel Reeves' rise from 13.8 per cent to 15 per cent could force them to close The …

Is the backlash against Reeves’s national insurance hike justified?
2 months, 1 week ago

Is the backlash against Reeves’s national insurance hike justified?

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It should probably come as no surprise that what the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, once described as “a tax on jobs” has turned out to be. In particular, the “secondary threshold” – the level at which employers become liable to pay national insurance on each employee’s salary – will come down from £9,100 per year to £5,000 per year. The health …

Budget 2024: Rachel Reeves faces backlash from GPs, care homes and hospices over national insurance hike
2 months, 1 week ago

Budget 2024: Rachel Reeves faces backlash from GPs, care homes and hospices over national insurance hike

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Budget tax hikes will be ‘devastating’ for charities, body warns
2 months, 1 week ago

Budget tax hikes will be ‘devastating’ for charities, body warns

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Budget market reaction ‘very different’ from Liz Truss turmoil, minister insists
2 months, 1 week ago

Budget market reaction ‘very different’ from Liz Truss turmoil, minister insists

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Care providers will be pushed 'to the brink' by National Insurance hike, ministers warn
2 months, 1 week ago

Care providers will be pushed 'to the brink' by National Insurance hike, ministers warn

Daily Mail  

Care providers will be pushed 'to the brink' by the failure to exempt them from a national insurance rise, ministers have been warned. Chancellor Rachel Reeves was last night accused by leading industry figures of 'forgetting about care' in Labour's quest to revive the NHS Ms Reeves hiked NI contributions by 1.2p and reduced the salary threshold in order to …

Papers react to Labour’s Budget ‘gamble’
2 months, 1 week ago

Papers react to Labour’s Budget ‘gamble’

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NHS receives major Budget boost but ‘lacklustre’ social care settlement will hit councils, experts warn
2 months, 1 week ago

NHS receives major Budget boost but ‘lacklustre’ social care settlement will hit councils, experts warn

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Employer national insurance hike to slow hiring and wage growth, critics say
2 months, 1 week ago

Employer national insurance hike to slow hiring and wage growth, critics say

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NHS needs ‘significant’ uplift or faces cuts in areas Labour hopes to improve
2 months, 2 weeks ago

NHS needs ‘significant’ uplift or faces cuts in areas Labour hopes to improve

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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. …

Wes Streeting hints budget cuts will go further than axing winter fuel payment– UK politics live
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Wes Streeting hints budget cuts will go further than axing winter fuel payment– UK politics live

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Reeves warned she faces £8.6bn annual bill to save ‘broken’ social care sector
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Reeves warned she faces £8.6bn annual bill to save ‘broken’ social care sector

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Starmer told to let tens of thousands of pensioners foot bill for social care
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Starmer told to let tens of thousands of pensioners foot bill for social care

The Telegraph  

Labour has been urged to let tens of thousands of pensioners foot the bill for social care costs by delaying reforms, as councils face a £30bn funding blackhole. England’s largest councils have warned Sir Keir Starmer that without more money, reforms to prevent people from being forced to sell their homes to pay for care are “impossible”. But the County …

Streeting promises social care costs cap despite absence from Labour manifesto
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Streeting promises social care costs cap despite absence from Labour manifesto

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Hidden cost of Labour’s social care plans revealed
9 months ago

Hidden cost of Labour’s social care plans revealed

The Telegraph  

Labour’s plans to hand trade unions greater powers to bargain for social care workers’ pay are expected to cost billions of pounds, The Telegraph can reveal, raising questions over where the money would come from. Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, is committed to establishing a fair pay agreement in the sector, under which state-backed collective bargaining would take place …

Sunak hints at welfare squeeze to fund plan to scrap national insurance
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Sunak hints at welfare squeeze to fund plan to scrap national insurance

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John Rentoul answers your spring Budget questions - from national insurance cuts to Tory poll numbers
10 months ago

John Rentoul answers your spring Budget questions - from national insurance cuts to Tory poll numbers

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Budget 2024: Jeremy Hunt unveils £10bn national insurance cut – but average worker still £400 worse off
10 months ago

Budget 2024: Jeremy Hunt unveils £10bn national insurance cut – but average worker still £400 worse off

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Budget at a glance: What measures did the Government announce?
10 months ago

Budget at a glance: What measures did the Government announce?

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National insurance cut for 28m people to feature in autumn statement – report
1 year, 1 month ago

National insurance cut for 28m people to feature in autumn statement – report

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Long-term work sickness absence ‘a serious fiscal threat’ to UK
1 year, 3 months ago

Long-term work sickness absence ‘a serious fiscal threat’ to UK

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Social care funding ‘will relieve hard-pressed councils and struggling staff’
1 year, 5 months ago

Social care funding ‘will relieve hard-pressed councils and struggling staff’

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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’

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Former health minister defends VIP lane PPE procurement during pandemic
1 year, 6 months ago

Former health minister defends VIP lane PPE procurement during pandemic

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Vital NHS services face cutbacks as government excludes thousands of workers from pay deal
1 year, 7 months ago

Vital NHS services face cutbacks as government excludes thousands of workers from pay deal

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Sin taxes should be brought in to help save the NHS, says former health secretary
1 year, 9 months ago

Sin taxes should be brought in to help save the NHS, says former health secretary

The Telegraph  

Sin taxes should be brought in to help save the NHS, a former health secretary has said. The former health secretary called for a new “national mission for health improvement” - saying it should be led by the Prime Minister. The report said it had long been recognised that the NHS is more of a “National Illness Service” than a …

Tory ministers ‘looking to privatise’ NHS, says union boss
1 year, 11 months ago

Tory ministers ‘looking to privatise’ NHS, says union boss

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Labour has a long-term plan for NHS but we don’t, warns Tory former minister
1 year, 11 months ago

Labour has a long-term plan for NHS but we don’t, warns Tory former minister

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Wealthy should pay fees to use NHS, suggests Ken Clarke
1 year, 11 months ago

Wealthy should pay fees to use NHS, suggests Ken Clarke

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Former Conservative chancellor Ken Clarke has said Rishi Sunak’s government should consider making wealthy Britons pay to use the NHS. “We can’t demand European standards of public service but continue to pay below European levels of taxation,” Lord Clarke told Times Radio. The NHS has always used elements from the private sector, GPs are an example of that.” Lord Clarke …

Rishi Sunak told care system at risk of collapse if workers not paid as much as nurses
2 years ago

Rishi Sunak told care system at risk of collapse if workers not paid as much as nurses

The Telegraph  

Rishi Sunak has come under Tory pressure to give care workers a pay rise – just as he is refusing demands to increase nurses’ pay. Damian Green, the former First Secretary of State, said Britain’s care system was at risk of collapse unless care workers were paid as much as nurses. Mr Green, the chairman of the all-party parliamentary group …

Social care staff need 41% pay rise to earn same as NHS counterparts – report
2 years ago

Social care staff need 41% pay rise to earn same as NHS counterparts – report

The Independent  

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A Tory ‘stealth tax’ doesn’t surprise me – does it you?
2 years ago

A Tory ‘stealth tax’ doesn’t surprise me – does it you?

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I’m not surprised to read about the government’s “stealth tax raid”. It’s in the DNA of the Tory party and government who use the system to keep the lower paid in society suppressed, whilst rewarding their paymasters and supporters with tax breaks and the like. John Stockwell Ware, Hertfordshire The government claimed that the large pay rise for nurses would …

Government has not given up on social care reform, insists Health Secretary
2 years, 1 month ago

Government has not given up on social care reform, insists Health Secretary

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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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Liz Truss: No-one will be forced to sell their home to pay for social care
2 years, 3 months ago

Liz Truss: No-one will be forced to sell their home to pay for social care

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Liz Truss launches Tory party leadership bid with promise to cut taxes
2 years, 5 months ago

Liz Truss launches Tory party leadership bid with promise to cut taxes

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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 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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Care homes ‘could face widespread closures’ under social care reforms
2 years, 9 months ago

Care homes ‘could face widespread closures’ under social care reforms

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Treasury ‘preventing’ NHS from maximising taxpayers’ money
2 years, 10 months ago

Treasury ‘preventing’ NHS from maximising taxpayers’ money

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Social care for elderly and vulnerable rationed as Covid hits staff
2 years, 11 months ago

Social care for elderly and vulnerable rationed as Covid hits staff

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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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