Apr 6, 2022
National Insurance: Sajid Javid defends tax hike choice for NHS funding
The rise on Wednesday is designed to pay for the post-pandemic NHS backlog and social care. Mr Javid added: "Why should our children pay for our healthcare and our adult social care? They are going to have enough challenges as they grow older." The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey, said increasing NI was an unfair way of raising the cash needed for health and social care. Then the extra tax will be collected as a new Health and Social Care Levy from April 2023.The government said the changes would raise £12bn a year, which would initially go towards easing pressure on the NHS after Covid. A proportion of the levy will then be moved to fund social care over the next three years.
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