Sign up for the latest from M.E.N. political editor Jennifer Williams The government has announced a new health and social care levy to pay for social care reforms and to address the NHS patient backlog.
Almost £36 billion will be invested in health and social care over the next three years to help the NHS recover from the coronavirus pandemic and reform the adult social care system so people no longer face catastrophic care costs.
A UK-wide 1.25 per cent health and social care levy based on National Insurance (NI) contributions will be introduced from April - and the money raised will be ring-fenced for health and social care. READ MORE : RECAP: Government holds press conference on social care reforms and tax hike Boris Johnson outlined
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