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• Only 10 Tory MPs vote against plan for national insurance rise

  14-09-2021 21:53
  
  Bill containing proposal for health and social care levy is rushed through Commons in a single dayOnly 10 Tory MPs rebelled against the government’s introduction of a manifesto-busting tax increase to fund social care reforms and the NHS backlog caused by Covid.The 1.25 percentage point national insurance hike for workers and employers was announced last week by the prime minister, Boris Johnson, as a means to raise £12bn. The bill for the “health and social care levy” wa
  
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• Only six Tory MPs vote against plan for national insurance rise

  14-09-2021 21:00
  
  Bill containing proposal for health and social care levy is rushed through Commons in a single dayOnly six Tory MPs rebelled against the government’s introduction of a manifesto-busting tax increase to fund social care reforms and the NHS backlog caused by Covid.The 1.25 percentage point national insurance hike for workers and employers announced last week by the prime minister, Boris Johnson, as a means to raise £12bn. The bill for the “health and social care levy” was i
  
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• Study rules out an antioxidant treatment for slowing the progression of Parkinson’s disease

  14-09-2021 18:50
  Participants in the SURE-PD3 clinical trial showed that elevating the natural antioxidant urate through inosine treatment over two years produced no significant difference in the rate of Parkinson's disease progression.
  
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• The hard truth for Labour: it’s the Tories who will decide Boris Johnson’s fate | Rafael Behr

  14-09-2021 18:23
  
  Even if Keir Starmer does find a way to inspire more confidence, he’ll never beat Johnson without the help of rebelsIt is natural that people who campaign for a political party and identify with its history treat its traditions with a certain reverence. It is also a pattern in British politics that effective party leaders – the ones who win elections – handle those traditions roughly.That is why Boris Johnson is not overly concerned that many Tories think his “health and
  
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• Multinational care companies are the real winners from Johnson’s new tax | Allyson Pollock

  14-09-2021 18:15
  
  An extra £12bn a year will do nothing to fix the mess of England’s privatised care system – but it will benefit big providersAllyson Pollock is clinical professor of public health at Newcastle UniversityThe government’s health and social care levy bill is being rushed through parliament today, in one day and with minimal parliamentary scrutiny. The bill would create a new tax to generate additional funding of around £12bn a year for health and social care, but does
  
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