promise. he conservatives have broken election romise. ., , ., ., conservatives have broken election romise. ., ., , , promise. he has done that because we have been in promise. he has done that because we have been in a promise. he has done that because we have been in a pandemic promise. he has done that because we have been in a pandemic and - promise. he has done that because we have been in a pandemic and you - have been in a pandemic and you could say at least now there is being money raised for social care. it needed to be raised in a fair way and the way the conservatives have done it will hit lower paid and younger and middle aged workers more, when the main beneficiaries are the wealthier people. that is not right. the reality is it was not just the pandemic. everybody knew social care and the nhs needed more money before the pandemic. we would have been better prepared for the pandemic if we had the investment we have argued for. what annoys me about the conservatives a
the country has been chasing a zero covid strategy, enforcing severe restrictions on movement and activities. canada s prime minister, justin trudeau, has been hit by gravel thrown by protesters during a campaign stop. he was returning to his bus after visiting a brewery when he was pelted by gravel although he wasn t injured. mr trudeau called a snap election in mid august, in the hope of gaining a majority government for his liberal party. increasing taxes on working families is one of the most risky things a politician can do. but the british prime minister borisjohnson has done just that, breaking a key election promise in the process. he thinks voters will back him because the money is to provide care for elderly people and for the national health service, which has been put under huge strain in the pandemic. alison holt reports.
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has announced a long awaited package of funding for the nhs and social care in england breaking an election promise. borisjohnson said covid had placed massive pressures on the nhs, and national insurance contributions would rise from next april to help pay for the health service and care system. the rise is highly controversial among mrjohnson s own mps, as the conservative manifesto had pledged not to raise taxes. labour call the proposals a sticking plaster over gaping wounds. let s take a look at the plans in details. there ll be a rise of one and a quarter percentage points in national insurance rates for both employees and employers from april 2022. that means someone earning £30,000 per year would pay an extra £255 annually. and from 2023 this is to be known as the health
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