NHS to receive extra £5.5bn to help Covid recovery, says government source

NHS to receive extra £5.5bn to help Covid recovery, says government source Boris Johnson will unveil his long-term plans for social care and the NHS as early as Tuesday, amid rows over how to pay for multi-billion pound funding.

The PM said he had a plan to reform social care when he took power in 2019, but has yet to announce the detail.

Now, reports of an increase in National Insurance to cover the cost - which would break his commitment not to raise taxes - has led to anger from Tory MPs. BBC News

See also:

• Social care: Plans for reform in England likely this week - sources BBC News
• Chancellor is 'playing hardball' over PM's proposed £10billion tax to ease Covid pressures on NHS The Daily Mail
• Increase taxes not national insurance to fund social care, says Jeremy Hunt The Guardian
• Boris Johnson faces open warfare with his own party over national insurance hike The Independent
• Politicians' obsession with NHS funding has left social care fat cats to milk the system dry iNews