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UK leader gambles on tax hike to pay for elder care

by Jill Lawless
| September 7, 2021 6:06 AM

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Tuesday he plans to keep an election promise to grapple with the rocketing cost of the long-term care needed by Britain’s growing older population. To do it, he broke another election vow: not to raise taxes.

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