UK coronavirus live: former Tory party chair says NHS surcharge 'immoral' and 'monstrous'

Row over making migrant care workers pay NHS surcharge deepens

Chris Patten, the former Conservative party chairman, told Emma Barnett on Radio 5 Live this morning that requiring migrant care workers to pay the NHS surcharge was “immoral”. He said: It’s appalling, it’s immoral. We depend in our care homes on people who come from other countries.

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