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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Hon FRIBA (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson was Member of Parliament for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Ideologically, Johnson identifies as a one-nation conservative.
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National Insurance rise - when is the tax hike and how will it affect you?

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National Insurance contributions are set to increase this year as part of government plans to fund health and social care. Boris Johnson announced a £12 billion-a-year levy to help the struggling NHS and social care sector back in September last year.

In the 2019 Tory election manifesto, the party ruled out increasing National Insurance (NI) if returned to power - but the party has u-turned on its plans as part of its pandemic recovery effort.

A new health and social care levy, based on a 1.25 percentage-point increase in NI contributions, is set to be introduced from April.

The tax hike is designed to tackle the Covid-induced NHS backlog and reform social care. The government is introducing the National Insurance rise as part of its plans to overhaul the social care sector and fund the biggest catch-up programme in the history of the NHS in England.

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