National Insurance hike poses a moral question, says Justin Welby

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The Archbishop of Canterbury (pictured) slammed ministers' plans to increase national insurance as one that was not 'people-centred''The policy needs to be centred on people and care for the poorest, as well as ensuring that we have an embedded system that will work and is acceptable to all.'
49% : The Archbishop of Canterbury has blasted ministers' plans to increase national insurance, saying it could pose a 'serious problem' for low-income workers.
45% : He added: 'The question of how you pay for social care, pay for the care of the elderly and particularly the poorest elderly is a really difficult one.'
42% : Helen Whately, the care minister, defended the NICs rise, saying: 'I don't want us to raise tax, but we had a really difficult choice here.'
42% : She told Sky News: 'We know we desperately need to do social care reform, and governments for decades have not been able to work out the way to fund that, to move that forward.

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