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6 Apr 22
The funding committed to social care bodies through Health and Social Care Levy, which went live today, is not enough to meet cost pressures and sector reforms, according to an expert.
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24 Mar 22
A lack of detail on how proposed national insurance changes will affect health and social care budgets shows the claimed link between the two is 'absurd', according to experts.
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22 Mar 22
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will have some ‘wiggle room’ to help tackle the rising cost of living in his Spring Statement as government borrowing undershoots forecasts, according to an influential...
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24 Jan 22
Conservative votes would “evaporate” at the next election if the government raises national insurance as planned, according to a senior Tory.
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17 Sep 21
The recently announced social care reforms are welcome, but councils are still in the dark over how long-term care will be funded, says Jonathan Carr-West, chief executive of the Local Government...
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15 Sep 21
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned that the social care sector will not get as much money as it needs under the new health and social care levy.
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10 Sep 21
CIPFA chief economist Jeffrey Matsu assesses the potential impacts of the government’s new health and social care levy.
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8 Sep 21
The axing of the triple lock on state pensions for next year has been welcomed by the public sector, but only if it is a “one-off” measure.
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7 Sep 21
The new levy to help fund social care reforms will only provide one sixth of the expected £36bn income for care, “short-changing” the sector, according to experts.
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6 Sep 21
An expected national insurance hike would be a ‘poor way’ to finance long-awaited social care reforms, according to a group of economists.
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3 Sep 21
Cabinet ministers are reportedly at loggerheads over which taxes to increase to ensure that long-awaited social care reforms are adequately funded.
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27 Jul 21
The government is considering setting aside the triple lock on state pensions in combination with a rise in national insurance contributions to pay for social care reforms, according to reports
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22 Jul 21
Social care reform that was reportedly set to be revealed this week will now come “by the end of the year”, the government has promised.
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20 Jul 21
The government’s reported proposal to increase national insurance rates to pay for the long-awaited social care reform has been labelled “regressive” and a “rubbish idea” by experts.
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23 Jun 20
Former chancellor Sajid Javid has urged the government to review the current tax system to help reinvigorate the economy in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, including cutting employers’ National...
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29 May 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed the government is to extend the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
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29 Apr 19
Social care could be funded by a state pension-style model, taking financial burden away from local authorities, according to the former work and pensions secretary Damian Green.
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14 Nov 17
The chancellor should remove the national insurance exemptions for pensioners and use the money to help young people, a think-tank has said.
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15 Mar 17
Chancellor Philip Hammond has put on hold plans to increase the rate of National Insurance contributions for self-employed people announced in the spring Budget last week.
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10 Nov 14
Business leaders are urging the government to boost the living standards of low earners by raising the National Insurance threshold and expanding the provision of free childcare and maternity pay.
6 Apr 22The funding committed to social care bodies through Health and Social Care Levy, which went live today, is not enough to meet cost pressures and sector reforms, according to an expert.
24 Mar 22A lack of detail on how proposed national insurance changes will affect health and social care budgets shows the claimed link between the two is 'absurd', according to experts.
22 Mar 22Chancellor Rishi Sunak will have some ‘wiggle room’ to help tackle the rising cost of living in his Spring Statement as government borrowing undershoots forecasts, according to an influential...
17 Sep 21The recently announced social care reforms are welcome, but councils are still in the dark over how long-term care will be funded, says Jonathan Carr-West, chief executive of the Local Government...
15 Sep 21Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned that the social care sector will not get as much money as it needs under the new health and social care levy.
10 Sep 21CIPFA chief economist Jeffrey Matsu assesses the potential impacts of the government’s new health and social care levy.
8 Sep 21The axing of the triple lock on state pensions for next year has been welcomed by the public sector, but only if it is a “one-off” measure.
7 Sep 21The new levy to help fund social care reforms will only provide one sixth of the expected £36bn income for care, “short-changing” the sector, according to experts.
6 Sep 21An expected national insurance hike would be a ‘poor way’ to finance long-awaited social care reforms, according to a group of economists.
27 Jul 21The government is considering setting aside the triple lock on state pensions in combination with a rise in national insurance contributions to pay for social care reforms, according to reports
22 Jul 21Social care reform that was reportedly set to be revealed this week will now come “by the end of the year”, the government has promised.
20 Jul 21The government’s reported proposal to increase national insurance rates to pay for the long-awaited social care reform has been labelled “regressive” and a “rubbish idea” by experts.
23 Jun 20Former chancellor Sajid Javid has urged the government to review the current tax system to help reinvigorate the economy in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, including cutting employers’ National...
29 May 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed the government is to extend the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
29 Apr 19Social care could be funded by a state pension-style model, taking financial burden away from local authorities, according to the former work and pensions secretary Damian Green.
14 Nov 17The chancellor should remove the national insurance exemptions for pensioners and use the money to help young people, a think-tank has said.
15 Mar 17Chancellor Philip Hammond has put on hold plans to increase the rate of National Insurance contributions for self-employed people announced in the spring Budget last week.
10 Nov 14Business leaders are urging the government to boost the living standards of low earners by raising the National Insurance threshold and expanding the provision of free childcare and maternity pay.
