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Boris Johnson said that the Institute for Fiscal Studies called the new tax levy for social care "broad and progressive". As @Femi_Sorry clarified, this is what the IFS actually wrote 👇👇👇

@Femi_Sorry This is what the IFS' Deputy Director Helen Miller thinks of the new measure

The Institute for Fiscal Studies' initial response to the Prime Minister’s announcement is available in full here

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The calculations by the Institute for Fiscal Studies show households in the capital will suffer a loss of income on average twice as much as some other regions such as Yorkshire, parts of the North-East and Wales.
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Boris Johnson’s plan to increase national insurance contributions to raise £12bn for the NHS and social care could pose a “serious problem” for low-income workers, the archbishop of Canterbury has said.
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