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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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has told the Prime Minister his party will oppose plans to increase national insurance to fund social care. In a letter to Boris Johnson, who
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The Government has faced calls to save families “from the pain” of paying medicinal cannabis prescription costs. Medicinal cannabis was legalised in November 2018 after the then home secretary Sajid
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Nicola Sturgeon will include plans for free wraparound childcare for the lowest income families as she seeks to build a “brighter and fairer” Scotland in the wake of the coronavirus
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Boris Johnson faces a Tory backlash over plans to hike National Insurance to help fund social care reforms as Cabinet talks over the final details of the policy continued. The
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A Cabinet minister has stressed the need to ensure social care reforms are “adequately funded” as the Government considers a manifesto-breaking national insurance hike to cover the costs. With a
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Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has called on the UK to follow the example of Israel and widen the group of those being offered a third coronavirus vaccine jab beyond
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Council leaders have voiced “real concerns” about the impact of Government proposals for a National Care Service on Scotland’s local authorities – at the same time as warning changes could
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Afghans who worked with the British government and military will be able to move to the UK permanently, the Home Office has confirmed. The department announced the decision on Wednesday
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