Olis Johnson Bet 36 billion pounds Coronavirus disease-beat National Health Service And solve the British social care crisis.
The Prime Minister will push for a quick vote on the proposal to increase National Insurance by 1.25% on Wednesday to prevent any potential Conservative Party rebellion.
At the briefing on Downing Street, the Prime Minister refused to confirm that this would be the last tax increase for his government after a forensic questioning by the national media.
Mr. Johnson, who was struggling slightly, refused to rule out the possibility of increasing taxes at the request of Beth Rigby of Sky News. He said: “All fiscal measures are the affairs of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
“There are not many people in the government or the Conservative Party who are more committed to tax cuts within our capacity than the three people standing in front of you today. I can assure you that it is true. But the reality we face is fiscal The situation has fundamentally changed since 2019. We must be rational and pragmatic.”
He added: “Of course I don’t want to increase taxes in this session of Parliament. If you want me to make that kind of emotional commitment, of course it is.”
Despite announcing a tax increase outside the budget, Johnson insisted: “In these matters, the fiscal issue is a decision that the Chancellor of Finance must make during the budget process. This is a form—it is very appropriate.”
Then, he lied again that he had cut the municipal tax share by 20% during his tenure as mayor of London, but Johnson’s municipal tax share fell by only 11% during his tenure-mainly due to the end of the Olympic precepts.
Earlier, he said at the briefing: “Frankly, we are doing something that should have been done long ago. Sharing the risk of these catastrophic care costs will free everyone from the fear of financial collapse.
“Everyone knows from the bottom that after we have done everything to protect people in that crisis, we cannot escape the challenge of getting the NHS back on its feet. This requires solving social care issues and investing the necessary funds.
“We will do what is right, reasonable and fair.
“We will make up for the Covid backlog and provide funding for more nurses. I hope that we will eliminate the anxiety of millions of families across the country by advancing reforms that have been delayed for too long.”
After the first face-to-face cabinet At this year’s meeting, the Prime Minister Commons His long-awaited blueprint to stop so many people Pensioner They were not taken care of in their later years.
- From April 2022, a new 1.25% health and social care tax based on national insurance contributions will be introduced in the United Kingdom.
- To ensure fairness, all working adults, including those over the national pension age, will pay taxes.
- The dividend tax rate will also be increased by 1.25%, expanding the type of income that funds the plan.
- The 14% with the highest income are expected to pay about half of the cost.
- These proposals aim to raise an additional £12 billion each year to invest in frontline medical and social care across the UK over the next three years to ensure that the NHS can recover from Covid and that the medical and care system has the resources it needs in the long run.
- A cap will be set, so no one in England has to pay more than £86,000 for care in their lifetime, which is equivalent to about three years of care.
- People with assets between £20,000 and £100,000 are expected to pay for their care, but will also receive means-tested state support.
- The new £100,000 limit is more than four times the current £23,250 limit, so more people are now eligible for support.
- By 2023/24, health services will increase to 110% of capacity to resolve the backlog of more than 5 million treatments and appointments. Ministers acknowledged that this will get worse before it gets better and warned that it might reach 13 million. By the end of this year.
However, many Conservative MPs worry that health services will still require billions of dollars for social care in the next few years.
Health Minister Nadim Zahavi emphasized, National Insurance The donations of millions of workers will enable the government to “very smoothly” resolve the terrible situation that left many people unattended in their later years.
But he did not say that this controversial move was opposed by some Conservative Party MPs and would definitely resolve the crisis.
As he acknowledged this, leading economists said that London and the Southeast will be the first to bear the brunt, and the Ministry of Finance is expected to raise approximately £12 billion in taxes, which will be used for social care in the next few years.
Capital will bear about 20% of the bill, because the increase in NIC is simple, but it only accounts for 13% of British households, and the southeast must pay 24%, 19% of households.
Tom Waters, senior research economist at IFS, said: “Because London’s income is higher than elsewhere, Londoners on average are affected by NIC growth more than any other region.”
Mike Brewer of the Resolution Foundation said: “While Londoners’ higher income means they will pay more for social care funds, the proposed ceiling on care costs means that their assets will also be protected. But it is precisely that. The increased intergenerational inequity of national insurance requires young low-income earners to pay an extra £100 a year, while many wealthy pensioners do not pay anything. This will cause the greatest repercussions among the relatively young population of the capital.”
Many Conservative Party MPs are not only worried about violating the flagship manifesto promise not to raise a number of taxes, including National Insurance, but also worried that the government’s blueprint will not really solve the social care crisis.
Former de facto Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green told Standard: “I worry that the government will think it has solved the social care crisis, but in fact all the money will be absorbed by the NHS. I will urge the government to find other ways to raise funds.”
Former chief whip Mark Harper told talk radio: “It’s not just about money, it’s the money you get. I want to see what the actual plan for dealing with social care is.”
He said that national insurance is not an “ideal” way to raise funds because it “has a greater burden on young people, and older people do not pay.”
Tobias Elwood, chairman of the Conservative Party of the National Defense Committee of the House of Commons, said that the Conservative Party has fallen into a “quagmire” for violating its declaration and promises, which may undermine the trust of voters. The first is international aid, and now it is raising taxes to pay for social welfare funds. Black hole.
He added that many Conservative MPs want to see a “conservative” solution to the social care funding crisis, rather than relying solely on tax increases.
He said that the government should consider launching a scheme similar to car pension registration, which requires every employer in the UK to include certain employees in the workplace pension scheme and contribute to it.
