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Of the social care system in england. and it appears they are ready to go against a manifesto commitment not to raise national insurance, vat or income tax in order to pay for that. what will be a hugely expensive and costly reform as well as funding the nhs in tandem along with that to the tune of perhaps something in excess of £5 billion to allow it to attempt to clear the backlog caused by the coronavirus pandemic. this is something borisjohnson promised to do on the first day he became prime minister to fix the problem of social care once and for all. but the problem he seems to be faced ...

Way that we might ultimately be breaching former civil liberties. the government is being urged to increase taxes to fund social care, amid reports the government is on the verge of signing off a rise of at least 1% in national insurance rates. the former health secretaryjeremy hunt said the the government must "bite the bullet" and raise taxes because the sums needed for both nhs funding and social care were "eyewatering". but any increase in national insurance or income tax would breach the commitment the conservatives made in their election manifesto. let's get more on this from our politic...

Care, pay large amounts towards care if it is needed themselves individually, but to conservative mps for whom raising taxes is largely repellent. thejustice secretary, robert buckland, was asked on bbc breakfast this morning how he felt about going against that manifesto commitment. i how he felt about going against that manifesto commitment.— how he felt about going against that manifesto commitment. i think what we said in the _ manifesto commitment. i think what we said in the manifesto _ manifesto commitment. i think what we said in the manifesto about - we said in the manifesto about s...

National insurance, vat or income tax in order to pay for that. what will be a hugely expensive and costly reform as well as funding the nhs in tandem along with that to the tune of perhaps something in excess of £5 billion to allow it to attempt to clear the backlog caused by the coronavirus pandemic. this is something borisjohnson promised to do on the first day he became prime minister to fix the problem of social care won several. the problem he seems to be faced with is the only viable way of doing that involves him breaking that manifesto commitment. the debate is under way about whethe...

Buckland, was asked about what he felt of the prospect of breaking that manifesto commitment. i think what we said in the manifesto about social care was that no one has a monopoly of wisdom about these issues. and the british public are sensible enough to know that when it comes to the issue of social care, we've got to find some way in which it will be adequately funded. now as i said, i'm not going to start speculating as to exactly what that will entail. but having a grown—up conversation with people is what we should be doing, and i'm glad to say that that's certainly happening in the c...