NI hike will inflict “terrible” toll on health and social care workers

NHS and care workers will be hit with a £900m tax bill following Boris Johnson’s increase in National Insurance Contributions, which were designed to fund improvements in social care and help the NHS recover following the pandemic. A report from the House of Commons library argues the tax hike will inflict a “terrible” financial toll on health and social care workers and their families. On average, 1.4m NHS staff will each have to fork out £315 more a year, the report says. Munira Wilson MP, the Liberal Democrats health spokesperson, said: “The Conservatives must rethink this unjust tax hike that will disproportionately impact those on low and middle incomes. Their plans risk worsening the staffing crisis in our care homes instead of fixing it.”

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