Jeremy Hunt: Taxpayers must pay more to fund social care

Jeremy Hunt: Taxpayers must pay more to fund social care The government must find a way for social care to be adequately funded, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has said, amid reports ministers plan to raise national insurance.

Downing Street did not deny reports of an increase of at least 1% to improve social care and tackle the NHS backlog. BBC News

See also: 

• Why the time has come for a new health and care premium The Daily Telegraph
• Tax rise for 25 million to pay for social care The Daily Telegraph
• Increase taxes not national insurance to fund social care, says Jeremy Hunt The Guardian
• Rise in national insurance could fund post-Covid boost for NHS The Guardian