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<p>The Health and Social Care Levy will establish a long-term, sustainable source
of revenue to give healthcare the extra funding needed to recover from the pandemic
and to implement reform to social care as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The increased
spending takes immediate effect this year to deliver our ambitions to tackle the NHS
electives backlog, which is why we cannot delay the introduction of the Levy. The
Government is committed to responsible management of the public finances and it is
important that this spending is fully funded, particularly in the context of record
borrowing and debt, as a result of the economic response to COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>The
Government has announced a package of support to help households with rising energy
bills, worth £9.1 billion in 2022-23.</p>
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