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MPs back National Insurance hike to tackle NHS backlog
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September 8, 2021
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3:59Now PlayingMPs have backed a tax hike to boost funds for dealing with the NHS treatment backlog and to reform social care in England.
In a vote on Wednesday night, the House of Commons voted by 319 to 248 in favour of a 1.25% rise in National Insurance contributions from next April.
The government has said the estimated £12bn a year raised by the new "health and social care levy" will be used to help tackle soaring waiting lists for NHS treatments as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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