Over-50s could be forced to pay £300 extra on their National Insurance to help fund social care, Theresa May's former deputy has proposed in a new report. He called for a radical overhaul of England's broken social care system to run it along the same lines as pensions. Under his proposals, everyone would receive a basic level of state-funded social care just as they are given a basic state pension. Money for social care could also be raised by taxing the winter fuel allowance. He said: 'The crisis in our social care system is one of the most pressing issues our country currently faces.

Source: Daily Mail April 28, 2019 22:58 UTC