The Papers: 'Workers face new tax' and 'Fury over Fifa plan'
UK newspapers are reporting on Prime Minister Andy Burnham's proposed social care reforms, which include a potential 1.8% tax levy on workers over 34. The plans have sparked debate regarding funding models, the role of private firms, and government incentives for youth training.
Why it matters
The proposed tax and social care overhaul represent significant shifts in British domestic policy with direct impacts on taxpayers and the elderly.
Image caption, "Workers face new tax to fund social care" says the Daily Telegraph in its top story, as "health officials draw up plans" for a 1.8% levy on earnings to pay for Prime Minister Andy Burnham's reforms. Under the reported proposal, which the paper says is one of "several new models for social care" drawn up last month after Burnham said he would make it a priority, workers over the age of 34 would pay the extra levy that "could fund a new care system costing £18bn a year".
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