As the UK economy enters a rough patch, government needs to give substance to its flagship soundbiteBritain’s economic recovery from lockdown is stalling and inflation is on the rise. With the approach of autumn, prophecies made earlier this year for a…
Boris Johnson is stealing Labour’s clothes? He’ll sell you a bridge too | Aditya Chakrabortty
Austerity for the poor, favours for the rich, and not a penny on frontline social care – this is truest blueNaughty Boris! You know the line and its intonation. There goes the prime minister, tearing into the tenets of Toryism with the same puppyish fe…
Labour should turn to its 2019 manifesto for social care answers | Letters
Readers believe the party should look to the pledges it made on tax and spendingHere’s an idea for Labour policy on social care – the one presented in the 2019 general election manifesto(Labour may tax wealth more heavily to fund social care, says Star…
Archbishop of Canterbury criticises social care tax rise
Justin Welby says favouring wealthy pensioners over young and poor not a ‘people-centred policy’Boris Johnson’s plan to increase national insurance contributions to raise £12bn for the NHS and social care could pose a “serious problem” for low-income w…
Social care backlash grows after MPs vote through tax plan
Care sector leaders become increasingly concerned about limited resources set out in proposalsBoris Johnson has won the backing of MPs for his controversial health and social care plan, amid a growing backlash from experts and professionals who warned …
PMQs: Boris Johnson to face Keir Starmer before debate on tax rise for health and social care – live
PM faces questions in Commons after analysis suggests NHS could ‘permanently swallow’ all £12bn raised for social careBoris Johnson stakes reputation on £12bn fix for health and social care‘Boris plays catch-up’: what the papers say about Johnson’s tax…
Boris Johnson squeezes working people in national insurance hike
The PM repeats his line ‘But a global pandemic wasn’t in our manifesto, either’ as he announces tax risesThe prime minister, once again, had to level with us. Flanked by his chancellor and health secretary, he kicked off with some truth bombs. NHS wait…
Boris Johnson stakes reputation on £12bn fix for health and social care
MPs likely to pass PM’s healthcare levy on Wednesday, pushing tax burden to record peacetime level MPs are set to usher in a historic £12bn healthcare levy on Wednesday, pushing the tax burden to a record peacetime level as Boris Johnson stakes his pol…
The Guardian view on social care: a big deal with holes in it | Editorial
The boost to health and care spending is needed, but troubling details, and unfairness, remainIn 2019, in his first speech as prime minister, Boris Johnson promised to fix the crisis in social care “once and for all”. Two years later, a plan has arrive…
What has Boris Johnson announced in his social care plan?
The PM has revealed the first outlines of a shake-up also intended to help the NHS recover from CovidPolitics live: Boris Johnson confirms rise in national insuranceBoris Johnson has given the first outlines of what Downing Street is billing as a once-…