Labour leader says increasing national insurance ‘hits low earners, young people and businesses’
According to the BBC, Downing Street and the Treasury have agreed to put an extra £5.5bn into the NHS this year. This will help it deal with the backlog of operations needed that has build up during the Covid crisis. Laura Kuenssberg, the BBC’s political editor, says the Treasury is unhappy about this figure being publicised overnight.
Also understand Treasury wasn’t aware that 5.5bn cash for NHS up til April was going to be made public overnight- it’s the smaller part of much bigger problem govt trying to solve on social care and health cash, but hints things are pretty choppy behind closed doors
Good morning. I hope you all had a good summer.
The first week in September always tends to be a hectic time at Westminster. MPs return anxious to implement all the ideas they have been mulling over while on holiday, there is a stack of issues backed up because parliament has been in recess and the looming party conference season means the senior figures are under particular pressure to firm up some announcements.
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We do need more investment in the NHS and social care but national insurance, this way of doing it, simply hits low earners, it hits young people and it hits businesses.
We don’t agree that is the appropriate way to do it. Do we accept that we need more investment? Yes we do. Do we accept that NI is the right way to do it? No we don’t.
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