British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out plans on Tuesday to raise taxes on workers, employers and some investors to try to fix the health and social care system, angering some in his party for breaking an election promise.
After spending huge amounts of money to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Johnson is returning to an early pledge to address Britain’s creaking social care system, where costs are projected to double as the population ages over the next two decades.
He also moved to try to tackle a backlog in Britain’s health service, which has seen millions waiting months for treatment from the National Health Service, after resources were refocused to deal with those suffering from the novel coronavirus.
For years, British politicians have been trying to find a way to pay for social care, though successive Labour and Conservative prime ministers have ducked the issue because they feared it would anger voters and their own parties.
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