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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.
The NHS waiting list is at an all-time high after months of lockdown, while it is widely understood that the social care sector has been in need of substantial reform for several years.
The government has pledged to invest £36 billion 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.
The majority will go to the NHS, with social care receiving £5.3 billion over the next three years.
The government says the changes will come into force from the beginning of April this year.
Funding for the NHS and social care will be provided through a UK-wide health and social care levy, based on national insurance contributions paid by all working adults, including those over the state pension age.
Under the current proposals agreed by Cabinet and voted for by MPs, National
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