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oris Johnson will try to get Tory MPs to back his plan to fix social services on Wednesday in a Commons snap vote called just a day after the new policy was announced.
Tory opposition to the plans in the first leak was fierce, but any backbench rebellion appeared to have died down on Tuesday as MPs presented little challenge to the PM as he presented his proposals to the Commons .
But the plan - along with another counter-manifesto announcement to temporarily suspend the ‘triple lockdown’ on pensions - moves Mr Johnson away from his traditional stance of low-tax conservatism.
The PM has also refused to make a firm commitment that taxes will not increase any further - although he has said he does not want that to happen.
“I certainly don’t want more tax increases in this Parliament. If you want me to give that emotional commitment, of course I do, ”he said at a press conference in Downing Street, surrounded by Health Secretary Sajid Javid and Chancellor Rishi Sunak .
He said: “There aren’t many people in the Conservative Party… who are more dedicated to cutting taxes, cutting taxes where we can, than the three people standing in front of you today. , I assure you absolutely of the truth. “
Mr. Sunak added, “None of us here want to be in a situation where we are raising taxes.”
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Javid said he appreciated the tax hike “not for everyone”, but “no responsible government - especially a Conservative government - can stick its head in the sand and pass these problems on to the next. ”.
However, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) think tank said the announcements meant that tax revenues would reach the highest share of national income on record, and combined with previous announcements, they would increase the tax burden in the country. UK at highest level ever.
Mr Johnson is expected to address the influential 1922 committee of Conservative backbenchers ahead of Wednesday’s vote.
The government’s plan will see the introduction of a new levy for health and social care, based on a 1.25 percentage point increase in National Insurance (NI) contributions, thus breaking the Tories’ commitment not to increase the NI.
Under the new levy, a typical base rate taxpayer earning £ 24,100 would pay an additional £ 180 per year, while a higher rate taxpayer on £ 67,100 would pay £ 715.
As well as providing additional funding to the NHS to deal with the backlog built up during the Covid-19 pandemic, the new three-year £ 36bn package will also reform the way adult social care in England is funded.
A £ 86,000 cap on lifetime care costs from October 2023 will protect people from the “catastrophic fear of losing everything,” Mr Johnson said.
The government will fully cover the cost of care for people with assets of less than £ 20,000 and will contribute to the cost of care for those with assets between £ 20,000 and 100,000.
As a result, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive an additional £ 2.2bn per year, about 15% more than what they will contribute through the levy, creating what ministers described it as a ‘Union dividend’ of £ 300million.
Reports suggest some Cabinet members privately challenged Mr Johnson when he unveiled his plan to them on Tuesday morning, but none resigned in principle.
Labor and Liberal Democrats said they would oppose the measures in parliament on Wednesday, but former health secretary Jeremy Hunt said he believed the government would win the vote.
He told the UKTN: ‘I can’t really imagine backbench MPs wanting to turn to their own constituents and say they tried to vote against more money for the NHS and the care system . “
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