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 spare some resources for care homes. Sajid Javid, the health secretary, declined to commit to a date when money might shift or how much would end up in social care, warning that it depends on Covid and how many patients come forward for delayed NHS treatment. The Institute for Public Policy Research estimates that clearing the NHS’s backlog and “building back better” will take £15bn per year: more than the entire £12bn just pledged. Even as the key beneficiary, “the NHS will be deeply worried about its long-term financial position today,” says Chris Thomas, research fellow at the IPPR.

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UK govt outlines plan for NHS
1 month, 3 weeks ago

UK govt outlines plan for NHS

China Daily  

The United Kingdom government has laid out its plans to reform the nation's public health service, with a 23-billion-pound funding boost aimed at reducing waiting lists and improving efficiency across the healthcare system. In a statement released on Wednesday, Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting, said: "We are announcing the reforms to make sure every penny of extra investment …

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?

The Independent  

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 …

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

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. Read our privacy policy The NHS is heading for a “significant overspend” this year, …

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

The Independent  

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. …

No more money for NHS without reform, says Starmer
3 months, 3 weeks ago

No more money for NHS without reform, says Starmer

The Independent  

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PM: Not possible to build an NHS for the future without fixing social care
3 months, 3 weeks ago

PM: Not possible to build an NHS for the future without fixing social care

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NHS is 'broken' and must 'reform or die', says Keir Starmer as he vows no more money unless service agrees to change - after grim report found huge investment has failed to boost performance
3 months, 4 weeks ago

NHS is 'broken' and must 'reform or die', says Keir Starmer as he vows no more money unless service agrees to change - after grim report found huge investment has failed to boost performance

Daily Mail  

Keir Starmer warned that the 'broken' NHS must 'reform or die' today after a damning report found billions of pounds in extra investment has failed to boost performance. In a round of interviews this morning ahead of Sir Keir's keynote speech, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the NHS 'unquestionably' wastes money and could go 'bust' without fundamental change. Sir Keir …

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

The Independent  

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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

The Independent  

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Boris Johnson thinks long Covid is ‘b******s’? He should try dragging himself a mile in my shoes
1 year, 3 months ago

Boris Johnson thinks long Covid is ‘b******s’? He should try dragging himself a mile in my shoes

The Independent  

So, Boris Johnson thinks that long Covid is b******s, does he? But dismissive attitudes – the former prime minister’s, or people in my everyday life – don’t make any difference to the fact that three years after contracting Coronavirus in the first wave of the pandemic, I am still suffering. For the first week or so, it felt like a …

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

The Independent  

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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  

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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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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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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’

The Independent  

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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

The Independent  

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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

The Independent  

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NHS trusts to get funding based on how well they clear Covid backlogs
2 years, 10 months ago

NHS trusts to get funding based on how well they clear Covid backlogs

The Telegraph  

NHS trusts will receive funding based on how effectively they clear the Covid backlog under plans agreed by Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. Ministers are planning to announce the return of a "payment by results" system for funding elective surgery to incentivise hospital performance and demonstrate value for money from the National Insurance rise. Ministers believe it will help extract …

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’

The Independent  

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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

The Independent  

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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

The Independent  

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Boris Johnson is warned that Covid 'Plan B' would cost economy £18billion
3 years, 2 months ago

Boris Johnson is warned that Covid 'Plan B' would cost economy £18billion

Daily Mail  

Switching to 'Plan B' to curb coronavirus could cost the economy up to £18billion this winter, according to internal government documents. It comes amid an escalating row about how the epidemic will unfold in the coming months and whether compulsory face masks, working from home and vaccine passports are necessary. Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, has promised a 'normal Christmas' …

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, 3 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 …

National insurance rise sets UK on path to record tax level
3 years, 4 months ago

National insurance rise sets UK on path to record tax level

CNN  

London CNN Business — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to hike payroll taxes to raise billions in funding for health and social care will raise Britain’s tax burden to its highest ever level, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. “Both spending and tax will ratchet upwards over the next few years,” the IFS said in research published after …

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

The Telegraph  

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  

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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 …

‘Misleading’ social care cap does not cover care home food and accommodation costs
3 years, 4 months ago

‘Misleading’ social care cap does not cover care home food and accommodation costs

The Telegraph  

Mr Laing estimated that after eliminating private payers, and those who die within three to six years, just five per cent of the 800,000 – 40,000 people – will benefit from the cap. That’s about the size of the ‘catastrophic cost’ risk poll that Boris is aiming to protect.” Responding to the plans, Sir Steve Webb, who was pensions minister …

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

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

The Independent  

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Make pensioners pay national insurance to help fund social care, says Sir Andrew Dilnot
3 years, 5 months ago

Make pensioners pay national insurance to help fund social care, says Sir Andrew Dilnot

The Telegraph  

Pensioners should be made to pay national insurance contributions to help fund social care reforms, the author of Boris Johnson’s favoured plans has claimed. Sir Andrew Dilnot said it was “entirely reasonable” for people over retirement age to pay the contributions in order to help meet the estimated £10 billion a year cost of overhauling Britain’s social care system. However, …

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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NHS will need new funding deal to cope beyond coronavirus, ministers warned
4 years, 3 months ago

NHS will need new funding deal to cope beyond coronavirus, ministers warned

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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Anger as most overseas care workers must still pay upfront fees to fund NHS, despite Boris Johnson’s promise to exempt them
4 years, 5 months ago

Anger as most overseas care workers must still pay upfront fees to fund NHS, despite Boris Johnson’s promise to exempt them

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

The Independent  

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Boris Johnson drops NHS fee for migrant healthcare workers in humiliating U-turn 24 hours after defending policy
4 years, 7 months ago

Boris Johnson drops NHS fee for migrant healthcare workers in humiliating U-turn 24 hours after defending policy

The Independent  

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‘Immoral and monstrous’: Boris Johnson under pressure to waive £624 healthcare charge on migrants working for NHS during coronavirus
4 years, 7 months ago

‘Immoral and monstrous’: Boris Johnson under pressure to waive £624 healthcare charge on migrants working for NHS during coronavirus

The Independent  

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UK’s concern for Boris Johnson overrides politics
4 years, 8 months ago

UK’s concern for Boris Johnson overrides politics

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Julia Hobsbawm is a social philosopher and author specializing in addressing connected behaviour in the digital age. In the Daily Telegraph, house Bible of Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party and where he was a popular columnist for many years, you would expect the kind of sentiment expressed by Allison Pearson who wrote: “the health of Boris Johnson is the …

‘The government will do whatever it takes to help you put food on the table’: Boris Johnson’s letter to the UK in full
4 years, 9 months ago

‘The government will do whatever it takes to help you put food on the table’: Boris Johnson’s letter to the UK in full

The Independent  

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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 …

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