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Benefits. which would go up a lot less than inflation. there is a debate about how we should fund social care, a debate about should we scrap the rise now it has come in as different. are we going to help people? is this the best way? i would suggest there are more targeted things that can be done to help people who are really struggling with the cost of living. the health secretary doing interviews on this earlier today was saying that once there is a change in the threshold which comes on in t...

That it was necessary because the pandemic had left such a backlog of nhs waiting lists that you had to find the money somehow to try and clear that and secondly, ministers will say they are trying to clear up some of the issues around the cost of social care. it is an issue that governments have grappled with for years now and much of the money has been raised in this levy from 2024 will go towards social care and towards bringing in a cap on the amount of money that individuals have to pay in ...

Amount could double when other issues exist according to Government working group

130% of pre—pandemic, paying for some 9 million more scans tests and procedures and that work has already begun. dave from cheshire had an active lifestyle but that was severely limited while he waited more than three years for a replacement. it was finally done last month but he is frustrated to have waited so long. if it gets too bad, then its a waste of time having the operation, people say. and i hope that has not been the case in my case because although i have had it done now, i still ha...

A significant increase for me. but this next 12 months, who knows in terms of how much much income im going to be getting. todays increase comes at a moment when lots of businesses and workers already feel theyre running dry. colletta smith, bbc news, in cleckheaton. so where exactly will the money go? heres our health editor, hugh pym. its a plan drawn up by the chancellor and health secretary. national insurance increases come branded as a health and social care levy, and spent at the start on...

Of the levy on the nhs but social care providers say they have not been prioritised for funding they need. hugh pym, bbc news. the businesswoman akshata murty, who is married to the chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak, has revealed that she has non—domiciled status for uk tax purposes. the status means that legally ms murty does not have to pay tax to the uk authorities on any income that she earns outside the uk. our political correspondent damian grammaticus joins us from westminster. wh...

All the people who have their own houses dont have to sell them to fund their own care. and often forgotten part of this is employers national contributions, which is also rising, this is approved payroll tax that this incentivises job creation at the margin, with younger people most likely to be hit. theres not really any mention here of social care. youve got to remember that we were repeatedly assured that the nhs would relinquish extra money raised by this tax and social care would have it i...

Antibody response that was hoped for, so now theyre going to study a three-dose series in those younger kids less than 5, so those studies are ongoing and we look forward and would welcome this data but were not there yet for a vaccine in those less than 5 years of age. >> so, whats the timeline for that group, less than 5? are we talking a month, three months, six months until those kids can be vaccinated? >> right, i dont know precisely. my impression is that were still months away, not days, ...

When they happen. thank you so much. listen, were just getting this in from the american academy of pediatrics. there have been an alarming increase or has been an alarming increase in new covid-19 cases in children, close to 64% over the prior week. lets talk now about this and more with pediatrician and scientist dr. levy, director of the precision vaccines program at boston childrens hospital. also a member of the fdas vaccine advisory committee. perfect person to have on all these question...

With your insurance company if you have private insurance to get your money back for those rapid tests. so its not just a simple process where theyre free or basically free. you still are going to have to file that claim. however, it is still notable, you will be able to get reimbursed for it. the one other thing i want to note really quickly is the president talking about ramping up what their purchase of this pfizer anti-covid pill. this is an antiviral pill that you will be able to take to he...