All the Conservative Manifesto Promises Boris Johnson has Broken

The Prime Minister’s broken promise not to raise National Insurance is the latest in a growing list of ripped up pledges from his 2019 manifesto, reports Adam Bienkov

Boris Johnson today broke his election manifesto pledge not to raise National Insurance, in the latest of a growing list of promises he has ripped up since 2019.

The rise will mean a typical taxpayer earning £27,000 will pay an extra £200 a year in tax.

Here are all the pledges the Prime Minister has so far broken from his last manifesto.

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‘We Will Not Raise… National Insurance’

The Prime Minister’s pledge not to raise income tax, VAT or National Insurance was a central pledge in the Conservative Party’s 2019 General Election campaign.

He said on the campaign trail that the pledge would mean “low tax for people… working people” and insisted it would remain in place for five years.

This week he ripped that up, raising National Insurance by 1.6 points – the equivalent of a 10% rise overall.

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‘We Will Keep the Triple Lock.. and Other Pensioner Benefits’

Boris Johnson also promised to continue to raise the state pension by either CPI inflation, wage growth or 2.5% – whichever was highest.

Last year, the Prime Minister broke this pledge, meaning that the triple lock will not apply for this year.

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‘No One Should have to Sell their Home to Pay for Care’

The Conservative manifesto also promised to solve the UK’s social care crisis, pledging that in future no individual would be forced to sell their home in order to pay for their care.

The Prime Minister said that he would “end the injustice” of the elderly being forced to sell up.

However, Johnson last year watered down this pledge, with ministers admitting that some people still would have to do so.

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‘We Will Build Northern Powerhouse Rail Between Leeds and Manchester’