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Rachel Reeves has left the social care sector in deep trouble | Letters

31-10-2024 19:05

Rachael Dodgson of Dimensions says the budget adds to the pressure not-for-profit social care providers already face. Richard Robinson and Andrea Nicholas-Jones of Hourglass call on the chancellor to think againThe budget is alarming for not-for-profit social care providers because it will put us under pressure to meet the increases in tax costs across our workforce. Our initial analysis indicates that the changes to national insurance will cost us £5m next year. In addition to this, the i

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UK politics: Starmer insists pro-growth policies on way after OBR’s budget warnings – as it happened

31-10-2024 18:34

PM says budget just ‘first step’ after watchdog said measures would make no difference to growth over five yearsRachel Reeves is now being interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.She is being interviewed by Ed Balls, the former Labour shadow chancellor who is now a TV presenter. He asks her to confirm that workers will end up losing out because of the employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) increase. Continue reading...

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Housing, social care and universities: who lost out in the UK budget?

31-10-2024 16:33

Rachel Reeves made funding the NHS a priority, but people working in other areas said they were disappointedRachel Reeves’s first budget emphasised raising taxes to help the NHS, as the health service tries to cope with huge waiting lists and an ageing population. Funding the NHS was a top priority, but people in other sectors – from universities to social care – feel the budget was a missed opportunity to deal with impending crises or bring in desperately needed reforms in the

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Starmer insists pro-growth policies on way after OBR’s budget warnings – UK politics live

31-10-2024 16:15

PM says budget just ‘first step’ after watchdog said measures would make no difference to growth over five yearsRachel Reeves is now being interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.She is being interviewed by Ed Balls, the former Labour shadow chancellor who is now a TV presenter. He asks her to confirm that workers will end up losing out because of the employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) increase. Continue reading...

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Ed Davey: care sector will be ‘pushed to brink’ by national insurance hike and should be exempt

31-10-2024 12:24

Lib Dem leader says rise in employers’ contributions risks worsening NHS crisisUK politics live – latest updatesThe Liberal Democrats have called on the government to exempt the social care sector from the increase in national insurance in Labour’s budget, as an organisation representing many smaller care providers warned that the impact would be substantial.In the biggest fiscal measures of Wednesday’s budget, raising an additional £25bn a year by the end of the pa

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