The Tory party's lead has collapsed to just four percent - the lowest in six months - amid fury over a national insurance tax hike to fund social care reforms. It comes as Johnson faces a Cabinet revolt over social care after Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng publicly dismissed the idea of funding social care reforms by hiking national insurance. Mr Johnson's attempts to reach cross-party consensus on social care suffered a blow yesterday as Sir Keir Starmer labelled the NICs funding stream a 'jobs tax'. 'He promised he had a plan for social care, but he has ducked it for two years. Boris Johnson appeared on a screen during Prime Minister's Questions as he is self-isolating, meaning his social care plan has been put back until the autumn after the summer recess

Source: Daily Mail July 24, 2021 00:56 UTC