Workers Face New Tax to Fund Social Care
29th July 2026
A new tax on income to fund social care is among the plans drawn up by officials for Andy Burnham to consider in his first weeks in office.
Civil servants have developed proposals that would require workers to make mandatory contributions to a new privately managed fund to pay for their care in later life.
The plans, drawn up by officials in the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), could fund a new care system costing £18bn a year.