Taxation and Social Need
Lessons from the Short-Lived UK Health and Social Care Levy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6452204 |
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| Authors | Sally Ruane (0000-0002-4248-1776, De Montfort University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 319-332 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Policy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-7464 • E-ISSN: 1475-3073 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s147474642400037x |
| OpenAlex | W4404827328 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Against a backdrop of multiple concurrent challenges shared by many high-income societies, including inadequate social care for an ageing population and unprecedented waiting lists for health care, the UK’s experience of the short-lived Health and Social Care Levy is used as a case study to reveal how the relationship between taxation and social need is complex, mediated by a range of factors, and how these contributed to its abolition. The article proposes five different relationships between taxation and social need evident in the story of the rise and fall of the Levy
Economics · Public economics · Social care · Sociology · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Nursing · Social Issues and Policies
| Highly cited | No |
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