Social care bill: a smoke and mirrors policy that helps the affluent
In exchange for the highest rate of taxation since the War, the PM has offered up a flawed plan that mostly benefits homeowners in the South East.
In exchange for the highest rate of taxation since the War, the PM has offered up a flawed plan that mostly benefits homeowners in the South East.
Maggie Pagano and Tim Montgomerie discuss the “Conservative” Party raising taxes to a 50-year high.
Should the government raise taxes to fund better social care, or is it a tax on jobs that hits growth? Iain Martin and Tim Montgomerie from Reaction discuss in our latest video.
As MPs return to Parliament, Cabinet is thought to be split over plans to fund social care.
With this complex policy, the Tories have no means of knowing how many of their voters they are kicking in the teeth.
The ex-spad-in-chief predicts the social care funding row could mean the government’s downfall.
The proposed increase in national insurance payments would break the Conservatives’ manifesto pledge and could see 25 million paying more tax.
The Government is considering using a hike in National Insurance contributions to finance the thorny challenge of long-term social care.
The decision to cancel a social care meeting between Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Matt Hancock has sparked a bitter backlash.
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