Liz Truss’s mate, Dr Thérèse Coffey is the new cigar chomping, whisky swilling, real ale loving secretary of state for health and social care. Like many a doctor (medical and philosophical) – and many a politician too – the health secretary seems to be very much a “do as I say, not as I do” […]
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Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng will announce tax cuts worth £30 billion in an emergency budget focused on boosting economic growth. Prime minister Liz Truss vowed to make tax cuts during the Conservative leadership campaign to provide “immediate” help for families and business struggling with inflation and the cost of living crisis. The Times reports that her […]
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Liz Truss has appointed her close friend, Thérèse Coffey, as the new health and social care secretary. Pay disputes and growing waiting lists are but a few of the system’s problems she will have to tackle. Known for her forceful nature, Coffey has already laid out her plan to steer the NHS out of crisis. […]
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The prime minister of the United Kingdom is not unwell, according to a statement from his spokesperson who insists Boris Johnson “is focused on the issues that we face as we come up to the winter months and delivering on important changes like social care.” Johnson is “well and he is focused on delivering for […]
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The Labour party has overtaken the Conservatives in the polls as voters react to this week’s tax hike to pay for social care. The latest YouGov/Times poll shows support for the Conservatives has fallen 5% in the last week with Keir Starmer’s Labour party gaining 1%, the Liberal Democrats up 2%, Reform UK up 2%( to […]
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The government is set to break a manifesto promise by raising taxes in order to pay for reforms to the UK’s crisis-hit social care system. Boris Johnson assured voters he had a plan to sort out social care two-and-a-half years ago while the 2019 election manifesto explicitly promised not to raise rates on national insurance, […]
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England’s “shameful” social care system can be transformed with 1% extra government spending, according to the architect of Boris Johnson’s most favoured plan to reform the system. Sir Andrew Dilnot said we need a social care system “where those who are working in the sector and those being cared for feel they’re having a good […]
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Rishi Sunak delivered his second Budget as chancellor with a further £65 billion boost for businesses and workers hit by the pandemic, but the focus has been on the biggest tax rises for half a century. The Financial Times labels the budget a “spend now, tax later Budget” while the Conservative supporting Telegraph headlines their […]
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The government is considering introducing an age-tax on over-40s to help fund the UK’s crisis-hit social care sector. A report that ministers are studying radical plans to hike tax or national insurance contributions for people aged over 40 has caused outrage after the Guardian claims the new plans will compel people to “insure themselves against […]
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