The family stability of those who are just about managing financially could be affected by the new health and social care levy, according to Government documents. A policy paper placed
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The Government will be keeping a “really close eye” on how extra funding will be spent by the NHS, a minister has said, amid fears cash eventually destined for social
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Boris Johnson has secured MPs’ backing for his controversial £12 billion tax hike to pay for health and social care despite seeing his Commons majority cut. The House voted by
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A £500 million fund aimed at stopping families from reaching “crisis point” should result in fewer children being taken into care, the Scottish Government has said. Ministers are committing to
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The size of the State, with higher taxes and more spending, is set to be permanently made bigger by the UK Government’s social care reforms, according to a think tank.
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Boris Johnson has unveiled plans for a £12 billion-a-year tax rise from April 2022, to fund social care reform in England and to tackle the NHS’s COVID-induced backlog of cases.
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Social care funding pledged by the Government for the next three years is “nowhere near enough”, sector leaders have said. Some £5.3 billion will go towards social care between 2022-23
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Boris Johnson is forcing Scottish workers to pay for social care reforms in England via his own “poll tax”, the SNP has claimed. The Prime Minister told MPs the proposed
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Boris Johnson broke an election promise as he announced a £12 billion a year tax raid to address the funding crisis in health and social care. The Prime Minister insisted
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The Cabinet has backed Boris Johnson’s plans to reform health and social care funding, even though they are expected to involve a manifesto commitment-busting tax rise. The Prime Minister (pictured)
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