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Scrap State Pension Triple Lock to Fund Social Care, Burnham Told
Burnham said reforming the pension pledge could help pay for a new care system, with the Institute for Fiscal Studies putting the cost at up to £40 billion a year by 2050.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham signaled "nothing was off the table" regarding funding his ambitious social care system, though he pledged not to alter the state pension triple lock this parliament to keep Labour Party manifesto promises.
- Introduced in 2010, the triple lock guarantees state pensions rise annually by inflation, wage growth, or 2.5 per cent; the Institute for Fiscal Studies warns keeping it could add £20 billion annually to public spending by 2050.
- Former chief secretary Darren Jones called the triple lock option "interesting," suggesting that reallocating funds to support older people in social care could offer a path forward as the policy's cost approaches more than £15 billion by 2030.
- Defence Secretary Wes Streeting reiterated Labour's commitment to the triple lock on Sky News, stating "The manifesto was clear on this — we're committed to the triple lock," and dismissed immediate changes to pension uprating.
- Burnham is expected to outline the "broad direction" of his care plans during his Labour Party conference speech on Tuesday, aiming to demonstrate fiscal resolve through unpopular but rational decisions to manage national debt.
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The Independent (US)Scrap state pension triple lock to fund social care, Burnham told
The state pension will rise nearly £500 next year
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Streeting: Public "Shouldn't Be Scared" of Tax Rises for Burnham's Social Care
Streeting was asked on Sky News about tax rises and potentially abolishing the Triple Lock to pay for Burnham’s National Care Service plans. He said of opposition attacks on tax rise proposals: “We’ve got to stop scaring the public around ways in which we could fund social care … to be fair to Andy Burnham,…
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