Labour MP says tax should pay for social care

Labour MP Terry Rooney has thrown his backing behind a taxation funding model for social care, which was ruled out in the government's adult care green paper.

When asked how social care should be funded he said: "I think probably 2 or 3% on national insurance would do this but don't fall into the trap of putting it into the PCTs it should be a ring fenced fund. If in 1948 we had ring fenced national insurance into a separate fund the pension would be three times what it is now."