UK Covid live: Boris Johnson had birthday party at No 10 during 2020 lockdown, report claims

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : In September only five Conservative MPs voted against the government when the Commons passed the £12bn a year national insurance increase that will fund the health and social care levy (extra money directed mostly at the NHS backlog first, and social care later).
61% : And while roughly half the country sided with Johnson on Brexit in 2019, on partygate public opinion is overwhelmingly against him.
59% : Johnson deployed exactly the same technique in 2019, when he first became prime minister and when he was trying to persuade people to side with him against MPs blocking Brexit.
56% : It's making sure that we deal with inflation by getting people into work, dealing with problems in the supply chains, getting people off welfare into work, helping to get our economy moving smoothly.
52% : National insurance increase will fuel inflation, IoD claims 12:11
49% : It matters for all the obvious reasons, but there is a penny of income tax waiting to be claimed here if we just woke up.
48% : Truss says talks with EU on Northern Ireland protocol will intensify 16:58
48% : On the national insurance, the £36bn is necessary because successive governments ... of every colour have not dealt with this.
45% : Action taken today will give this government a sporting chance of cutting income tax before a likely May 2024 election.
35% : Minister resigns, saying income tax could be cut by 1p in pound if government's record on fraud less 'woeful' 16:45
35% : He also claimed increasing national insurance was wrong in principle.
34% : Asked where the government would get the money for the health and social care levy if it abandoned this increase, Davis said Treasury forecasts had overstated the size of the deficit by about £50bn.

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