MPs to vote on health and social care tax rise
Boris Johnson says plan to raise National Insurance by 1.25 percentage points is “reasonable and fair”. …
Chairman of the Independent Care Group, Mike Padgham, said it was a “huge opportunity missed for radical, once-in-a-generation reform of the social care system”, adding it would not address the staffing crisis which was “sending the sector into meltdown on a daily basis as care providers struggle to cover shifts”.