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Boris Johnson has been forced to put off announcing his social care reforms until the autumn after he failed to reach agreement with leading ministers.
He was understood be considering a 1p-in-the-pound increase in National Insurance (NI) contributions to fund his long-awaited plans.
But critics said such a plan would hit the low-paid and would spare even well-off pensioners – including those still working – from having to contribute anything to the cost of the new care system.
The plans are understood to include measures to integrate the NHS better with the local-authority-run social care system, to ensure elderly people are properly cared for. There will also be reforms to ensure better training.
Raising National Insurance contributions may be controversial because it affects those of working age rather than pensioners. Professor Cam Donaldson, who is an expert in health economics at Glasgow Caledonian University, says the strategy could be a “political ploy” by the UK government to avoid the use of the word “taxation”. The Conservative manifesto committed to no rises of income tax, National Insurance or VAT. “My view would be to go for a fairer (more progressive) taxation system whereby the richer pay more on additional income earned,” said Prof Donaldson.. “Time has long since passed by the ability of National Insurance to pay for much of anything.
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