Labour and @Keir_Starmer think the annual cost of exempting migrant care workers - many of whom are on low wages - from the NHS surcharge is circa ££470m. Which is a serious sum but approximately half what @BorisJohnson said. So the PM needs to explain whether the quantum...
of cost is what stops him from agreeing to exempt these workers - who are risking their lives to help us - from the surcharge, or something else
With help from @TorstenBell I have arrived at a figure of around 200k migrant workers in NHS and care homes obliged to pay the NHS surcharge. So it is inconceivable they collectively contribute as much as £900m a year. PM needs to explain where that figure comes from
