to fund social care, amid reports the government is on the verge of signing off a rise of at least 1% in national insurance rates. the former health secretary, jeremy hunt, said the the government must "bite the bullet" and raise taxes because the sums needed for both nhs funding and social care were "eyewatering". but any increase in national insurance or income tax would breach the commitment the conservatives made in their election manifesto. let's get more on this from our political correspondent, jonathan blake. borisjohnson has spoken on numerous occasions about reforming social care and how it is paid for as indeed have his predecessors. and we now going to have a plan? i indeed have his predecessors. and we now going to have a plan?— now going to have a plan? i don't think it will _ now going to have a plan? i don't think it will be — now going to have a plan? i don't think it will be long _ now going to have a plan? i don't think it will be long before - now going to have a plan? i don't think it will be long before we - now going to have a plan? i don't think it will be long before we do | think it will be long before we do hear the plan. borisjohnson, as you suggest, when he first became prime minister in 2019 stood outside number ten and said he would fix the problem of social car once and for all and ever since people have been waiting to see what his plan is and how he plans to do that and, that more importantly, how he plans to