Debates between Rachel Reeves and Jake Berry during the 2019-2024 Parliament

Wed 8th Sep 2021
Health and Social Care Levy
Commons Chamber

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Health and Social Care Levy

Debate between Rachel Reeves and Jake Berry
1st reading
Wednesday 8th September 2021

(3 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rachel Reeves Portrait Rachel Reeves
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I think many councils and the people who work for them and provide social care at a local level will be incredibly worried about what they are hearing from this Government, which is that council costs are going to go up while they are getting no additional money.

Jake Berry Portrait Jake Berry
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Will the hon. Lady give way?

Rachel Reeves Portrait Rachel Reeves
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I will give way again in a moment, but I have taken a lot of interventions—a lot more than the Minister.

In contrast, who has been shielded by the Chancellor? Which types of income will be paying no additional tax after today? They include those who get their income from financial assets, stocks and shares, sales of property, pension income, annuity income, interest income, property rental income and inheritance income. Well, fancy that. I do not doubt that the champagne glasses were clinking in Mayfair last night toasting the Chancellor, but not in Mansfield, not in Middlesbrough, not in South Ribble and not in Thirsk either. Some 95% of the revenue the Government plan to raise from this tax bombshell comes from employment. What a contrast.