Prof Martin Green, head of Care England, has claimed that Budget plans to raise employers' contributions from 13.8 to 15 per cent risks placing social care in 'financial jeopardy' but a £2billion funding gap and has called on her Treasury to exempt the sector.
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey agreed and said that as the 'vast majority' of the UK's social care providers were privately owned they would be hit hard by the tax rise, while not benefiting from additional funds earmarked for the NHS and public sector care groups.
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