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Emerged this morning into the bright light. there were some polite objections behind closed doors, but no straying from perfect manners for the cameras. i'm happy to give great support borisjohnson, who is a wonderful prime minister. even though borisjohnson�*s breaking a promise, raising a tax to catch up after covid and pay for social care. we must now help the nhs to recover, to be able to provide this— much—needed care to our constituents |and the people we love, and we must| provide the funding to do so now. we will also fix the long—term - problems of health and social care. a lo...

People who have wages and no assets are the ones who will pay here. but everybody, laura, - everybody has relatives who can potentially face the costs of care. sometimes, politics can feel like a game, but how we pay as a country to look after those who desperately need care is anything but. today's decisions are huge and not without risk, but borisjohnson�*s calculation is that this strategy is one that he will win. laura is in westminster for us tonight. nearly two years into this government. how significant a moment is this for borisjohnson�*s government and what does it tell us about t...

Might be rather too comfortable with a big and bigger state. even today in his press conference he would not rule out actually bringing in further tax rises at some point, even though he made clear it is not really what he would like to do. this isn'tjust a big change in terms of policy, it isn'tjust a big potential change in the experiences that patients in the nhs across the uk and families in england experience when they are trying to find care for their loved ones, it is a big further step along the conservative politicaljourney as well, and like all big moments for prime ministers, they a...

Bounce back from the emergency of the pandemic and whether that so many families's agonies over their care for their loved ones really improves. laura kuennsberg, thanks very much. borisjohnson has stressed that today's measures are aimed at making sure those in need of social care in older age will no longer face what he called the "catastrophic fear of losing everything" in order to pay for help. initially, social care in england will get £5.11 billion over the next three years. the money will help the 839,000 people who are currently receiving long—term support, though many more have app...

And coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel... a dream come true, as britain's george russelljoins mercedes to ride alongside his idol and compatriot lewis hamilton next year. good evening. borisjohnson has confirmed his government will break a key manifesto promise, by imposing a package of tax increases from next april. the extra revenue will be used to tackle the backlogs in the nhs, caused by the pandemic, and to reform the system of social care in england. the new health and social care levy will start as an addition to national insurance, payable by employers and workers, before ...