Tax on the poor? PM breaks election pledge with tax rise to try and fix social care crisis
It will come into force in April 2022.
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2016-2018 and Mayor of London 2008-2016. Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015 and was previously MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He has been described as adhering to the ideology of one-nation and national conservatism.
Elevenses: New Term, Same Tories
From the newsletter: Westminster's new battle-lines have been drawn - and they look awfully familiar.
Watch: Laura Kuenssberg praises Johnson for ‘tackling the hard issues’
"Whatever you think of him, this is a difficult problem and he does intend to keep his promise to fix it."
Cummings: National Insurance hike could hand Labour power
Boris Johnson's ex-adviser said the PM's social care plans are "bad politics and bad policy".
Boris Johnson’s brother in £14 million hole down a Mongolian mine
Maximilian Johnson, the 36-year-old half-brother of the prime minister, faces losing millions down a Gobi desert mine.
Starmer rubbishes Johnson’s National Insurance social care plan
The prime minister is planning to announce a manifesto-breaking spike to National Insurance this week.
Newspapers react as Tories plan tax grab to fund social care
"Johnson is so bad at this I'm almost at the pity stage. Not actually at it. But almost," Sam Freedman said.
‘Ashamed to live in nation that elected this government’ says Double Booker prize winner
She also said: “The popularity of monarchy as an institution is something that baffles me."
WATCH: Flashback to when Boris Johnson ‘guaranteed’ there would be no tax hikes
“Why aren't we funding social care out of the £350 million per week that was on the side of your bus?," one Twitter user asked.