Edward Argar

Edward Argar

Conservative — Melton and Syston

Speaking in the House of Commons on 7 January 2025

Debate

Topical Questions

Contribution

On hospices, while the Secretary of State’s pre-Christmas hospice funding announcement was, of course, welcome, the vast bulk of it was in fact non-recurring capital funding, which cannot be used to help them cover the hiked employer national insurance tax on hospices’ most precious asset: their staff. What steps is he taking to ensure that they receive recurring revenue funding, to enable them to cover the additional costs?

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