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Burnham proposes ending pension triple lock to fund social care
Original: As suggested, Andy Burnham is proposing to pay for a new settlement on social care through the ending of the state pensi
Andy Burnham is proposing to pay for a new settlement on social care by ending the state pension triple lock within four years. The argument is that by then the triple lock will have done its job of lifting UK state pension levels back toward European norms, freeing up the guaranteed annual rises to fund care instead. The idea is drawing attention as a contentious but concrete answer to the long-unresolved question of how to finance adult social care in England.
Why now: Burnham has put forward a specific, controversial funding mechanism for social care, a long-standing unresolved policy problem in UK politics.
Andy BurnhamUK state pensiontriple locksocial careUnited Kingdom
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- As suggested, Andy Burnham is proposing to pay for a new settlement on social care through the ending of the state pension Triple Lock in four years time; so.... by then the Triple Lock *may* have achieved its end of getting UK state pension back into the zone of European… · ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk · 3
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