Boris Johnson has announced a major shake-up of social care funding in England.A hike in National Insurance will pay for a pledge made when Mr Johnson became prime minister in 2019 to “fix the broken care system”.
However, this means he will be breaking his promise to not raise taxes, which has angered Tory backbenchers.Mr Johnson said he was unable to keep that promise due to the COVID pandemic.
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The 2019 Conservative manifesto included a personal ‘guarantee’ from Boris Johnson that there wouldn’t be tax rises
What are the changes to social care?
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