Own street Did not deny National Insurance Donations can be increased to fund new social care projects, which will break the promise of the Conservative Party Manifesto.
Boris Johnson According to reports, a plan to raise the national insurance payments for employers and employees by one percentage point is being considered, raising 10 billion pounds a year to help support the aging population.
This Prime Minister No agreement has been reached, but it is understood that it is nearing completion, and he refused to rule out the possibility of increasing taxes to pay for his long-awaited social welfare reform.
Downing Street also declined on Tuesday to deny that the controversial National Insurance hike may be a core part of Johnson’s proposal.
Since the first blockade, the Prime Minister’s official spokesperson said in the first face-to-face briefing for Westminster reporters: “The speculation continues, but I will not participate in this speculation at all.”
This problem has been around for a long time, we really need to solve it
“The process of agreeing to our proposal is still ongoing.
“We will raise this point before the end of the year.”
The plan is not expected to be completed before the fall, and the House of Commons will take a vacation after Thursday’s transaction.
It is widely expected that a plan will be proposed before the summer, but the three main participants involved in the decision-the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister and Sanitation Committee -All are self-isolated.
Earlier, Secretary of Commerce Paul Sculley stated that he did not acknowledge the newspaper report, but he told Sky News: “We will see what happens when we announce the details of our social care.”
He said: “What we really want to happen is to ensure that we can come up with a comprehensive plan to solve the social care problem. This problem has been around for a long time, and we really need to solve this problem, and this is what the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health really resolve. Things to do.”
Mr. Johnson stated that he will quickly tackle the challenge of social care costs. He promised to “solve the crisis of social care once and for all with a clear plan in his first speech when he was prime minister two years ago.” we are ready”.
There are reports that the Prime Minister has concluded that more taxes will be needed.
But Shadow Economy Minister Pat McFadden said that paying for social care must be fair to all income groups and people of all ages.
The Labour MP told Sky News: “This country has had a social care problem for many years. We know that we have to fix it. The Covid pandemic has shown us problems in the system, and we know that we have to pay for it.
“Again, for a tax proposal that has been introduced to one or two newspapers, the best way to judge it is based on two criteria.
“One: Does it really solve the problem of social care? Second, is it fair to people of all ages and income groups?”
This will be a continuation of a long-term policy of cracking down on people of working age while protecting pensioners, even if it is aimed at benefiting people over pension age.It’s a question of fairness
Paul Johnson, director of the Institute of Finance, told The Times: “It is very unfair to fund social care only from the National Insurance. This will be a continuation of a long-term policy of cracking down on people of working age and protecting pensioners at the same time. People, even things designed to benefit people over the pension age. This is a question of fairness.”
At a press conference on Monday, Mr. Johnson was asked whether the promise of not raising income tax or national insurance in the 2019 Conservative Party election manifesto is still valid.
The prime minister avoided this issue, but said that the issue of social care “has troubled the government for at least three years.”
Mike Padgham, chairman of the independent nursing team of the representative agency, is cautious about this development.
He said: “We have been committed to providing better funding for social care for a long time, and believe that people will be prepared to pay a little more tax or national insurance, or both, in exchange for a fully funded and fair social care system. .
“This may not be the perfect solution for everyone, but we must start and improve as we move forward, instead of continuing to talk about it.”
However, the green minibus union stated that raising the national insurance will hit the minimum wage.
GMB National Officer Rachel Harrison said: “We can debate the benefits of funding social care, but the GMB does not support raising regressive national insurance, which will hit the lowest-paid workers.
“Any investment in adult social care must be accompanied by restricted cash to improve the salaries, terms and conditions of the entire social care staff to reflect the skilled and valuable work they perform.”
