Prime Minister Under Growing Pressure Not to Impose National Insurance Hike

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : A source close to Health Secretary Sajid Javid this week strongly denied he had pushed for an increase to national insurance as high as 2 percent.
56% : The Sunday Times reported that lifetime contributions on care will be capped at about £80,000 ($110,000), and national insurance will be increased by 1.25 percent to raise between £10-11 billion ($13.8-15.3 billion) per year.
53% : Major, speaking at the FT Weekend Festival, said: "The government are going to have to take action to deal with social care, and that is going to mean an increase in taxation.
46% : I would rather do it in a straightforward and honest fashion and put it on taxation."
46% : Labour has voiced its opposition of an increase to national insurance, but Sir Keir Starmer will come under pressure to set out how he would fund social care reforms.
44% : Tory MP Marcus Fysh said he was "alarmed at the apparent direction of travel" of the government, warning against a "socialist approach to social care."
37% : Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under growing pressure from within his own party not to impose a manifesto-breaking national insurance hike to pay for social care.
28% : Any increase in taxation would be a breach of the 2019 Tory manifesto, with it containing a personal "guarantee" from Johnson not to raise income tax, VAT, or national insurance.

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