Boris Johnson has confirmed a 1.25% rise in National Insurance contributions to help pay for the cost of social care in England.
Speaking in the House of Commons, the British Prime Minister accepted he is breaking a pledge not to raise taxes but said the global Covid pandemic was in "no one's manifesto".
Report by Edwardst.
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