Isle of Wight Conservative MP, Bob Seely, voted in favour of the Government’s plan to hike National Insurance payments, for employees and employers, to address the health and social care crisis.
Going back on a 2019 election promise to not raise any taxes this term, the motion was voted through Parliament last night (Wednesday).
Failed to respond
News OnTheWight wrote to Mr Seely on Wednesday asking how he would be voting.
Once again, he failed to respond.
The votes
Seely joined 316 other Conservatives in voting for the motion. While 248 MPs voted against the motion, including five Conservatives; Ester McVey, Sir Christopher Chope, John Redwood, Dr Neil Hudson and Philip Davies.
No vote was recorded for 37 Conservative MPs, 21 Labour, and 23 others.
Seely also voted against the Labour Leader, Sir Keir Starmer’s amendment to the motion, which fell with 331 against and 243 for.
Claims that money raised won’t reach social care
The Health and Social Care Levy has come under fire from opposition members, labelled a tax on the poor at a time when they can least afford it.
The Guardian reports that nearly 300,000 on adult social care ‘waiting lists’ in England, but that Boris Johnson has been warned by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that the £12bn a year the controversial hike in National Insurance will raise will be swallowed up by the NHS.
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