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Creating a National Care Service and the triple lock- Andy Burnham

..we need to be honest about the changes that are needed to pay for it. And I do not believe it makes sense to preserve the current triple lock while so many pensioners face the risk of catastrophic care costs Continue reading →

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We have a false faith in Government to sort all our care worries.

I worry that we’ll go back to the old comfort that the NHS will take care, Government cannot pay for that from its dwindling coffers. Continue reading →

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How do we afford long term care? Tuesday’s pre-budget coffee morning explores!

If the state funds care for people with assets, essentially what it is doing is funding the inheritance of their beneficiaries who can often be quite wealthy in their own right. Continue reading →

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How do we afford long term care? Andy Burnham’s problem – Tuesday morning’s answer!

If the state funds care for people with assets, essentially what it is doing is funding the inheritance of their beneficiaries who can often be quite wealthy in their own right. Continue reading →

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How do we afford long term care? Tuesday’s pre-budget coffee morning explores!

If the state funds care for people with assets, essentially what it is doing is funding the inheritance of their beneficiaries who can often be quite wealthy in their own right. Continue reading →

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This problem isn’t over for 5m leased households – TILL ANDY BURNHAM TAKES ACTION.

Yesterday, late on Friday afternoon the Directors of the leasehold management company  of 5 and 6 Friar Street sat down to discuss how we could manage our property. We would have liked to have done so as the owners of … Continue reading →

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We were huffin’ now we’re PuFin – Britain ought to grow

If Government were simply to raise Gilts and borrow money from the market , it would endanger one of its promises to the nation, not to get Britain into more debt. So it needs help and needs vehicles that can … Continue reading →

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It’s estimated that nearly £1 in every £4 of council tax goes into the Local Government Pension Fund

Patrick Tooher wrote a month ago this article  Burnham urged to tap up £150bn council pension surplus to boost local economies The £550 billion Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for England and Wales is awash with cash, meaning it has more … Continue reading →

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What will nudge No 10 to solve ageism and put right social care?

  I am glad I read this, sad that this  . I’m glad it found its way to our attention.

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Does CDC fit with the new Government’s priorities? Adrian Boulding asks

  This article’s posted by my friend Adrian Boulding, it’s delightful, coy, funny and clever – and I think he’s right! Does CDC fit with the new Government’s priorities? Adrian Boulding CDC Specialist at Vestey Holdings Ltd July 24, 2026 … Continue reading →

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