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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Storm Newton

Warnings on GP surgery redundancies and care home closures amid Budget tax hike

Patients sit in the waiting room at a GP surgery (Anthony Devlin/PA) - (PA Archive)

GP surgeries will have to consider making staff redundant if the rise in employer national insurance contributions announced in the Budget is not covered, while some care homes could be forced to close, the Government has been told.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the tax hike on Wednesday, as organisations representing care homes and hospices voiced concerns about the sector’s ability to plug the funding gap.

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