Commons passes health and social care levy by 56-vote majority
The health and social care levy, which will see National Insurance contributions increase by 1.25 percentage points to…
Social Care
Starmer sets out principles behind Labour’s approach to social care
Keir Starmer has criticised the government for “hammering working people” with its plan to raise National Insurance contributions,…
Labour outlines alternative to the government’s social care plan
Care, and how we do it, remains at the forefront of politics. Keir Starmer and his frontbench have highlighted…
Starmer sets out alternative to Tory social care reforms in LGA Labour speech
Keir Starmer is using a speech to the Local Government Association Labour Leaders’ Summit today to set out…
Social care: the Prime Minister’s big moment that never was
This was the Prime Minister’s moment. Never has social care been so prominent in the national conversation than…
Dissatisfaction with Tory care proposals provide an opportunity for Labour
MPs backed the health and social care levy last night. 319 voted in favour and 248 against. Any murmur of…
MPs back health and social care levy by 319 votes to 248
MPs have backed the health and social care levy, which will see National Insurance contributions rise by 1.25…
Reeves on levy: “Unfair, job taxing, manifesto-shredding, tax bombshell”
Below is the full text of the speech by Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves explaining why Labour will vote…
PMQs: Starmer accuses Johnson of “hammering working people”
Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson met today following the unveiling of the Prime Minister’s long-awaited social care ‘plan’.…
Boris Johnson kicks the can down the road with barely-there social care plan
Labour’s opposition day, with a planned vote on Universal Credit, is cancelled. Instead of debating whether the worst-off in…
