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.
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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.
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.
The pandemic showed we can do things differently. It’s up to us to make that change.
The pandemic showed that change is possible. Now is the moment for a strong and radical Green Party, Amelia Womack argues.
Flashback: To Ken Clarke’s dismantling of ‘disingenuous’ PM
"He is now a responsible politician with huge responsibility," the veteran MP said.
‘The Thick Of It’: Despair as Johnson visits Afghan crisis centre
“Are you the guys who have been inundated with all the emails from everywhere in the world saying, ‘please help my son, mother in Afghanistan?’"
Workers £1,000-a-year poorer after decade of Tory rule
Labour said that the average weekly wage today should be £609.40, but the actual figure is £589.70.
‘Operation Ark’ tells us all we need to know about how this government is run
Paul Farthing along with his 173 cats and dogs is on course to be evacuated thanks to an apparent intervention from the PM.