Think I’d go with Dembele and Chair for Vale and Smyth, give Lincoln something different to think about.
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I rarely do this…
But @Shearings you are a disgrace. My in-laws, in their 70s, spend their pension on a holiday with you in St Ives
…and this is where you sent them?!
My father-in-law has Parkinson’s too - so well done for stressing him out.
And my mother-in-law cried on the phone to you asking for a full refund
And YOU REFUSED?!
Can only think that he took Kemper off as he’s not played for a while!
But it really changed the game, then with Smyth being taken off it changed the whole passage of play down that side of the pitch.
Still! Pleased with a point.
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As we’ve seen with successive governments, words are easily spoken! But delivering on those words is often something completely different.
Exclusive: Andy Burnham has tasked Louise Casey and John Healey with plugging a multi-billion pound hole in his social care plan, after aides warned it could be delayed until the end of the next decade
The Treasury estimates that changes to the state pension outlined by Burnham will only raise around £5 billion a year by the end of the next parliament in 2034, according to people familiar with the matter
That is well short of what’s needed to pay for a free-at-the-point-of-use personal care service. The £15b a year savings from scrapping the triple lock only arrive in 2040
Burnham has asked Casey and Healey to look at how to fill the funding gap until then. He’s ruled out tax rises and more borrowing
Currently, there is no plan to pay for the care policy before 2040, government officials told Bloomberg. Without one, the implementation would have to be delayed to the late 2030s, they said
Another problem is that Burnham will simultaneously have to raise tens of billions of pounds to meet Britain’s NATO obligations to spend 3.5% of GDP on defence by 2035
The IFS has said that in order to meet the commitment the UK will need to find an additional £25 billion each year by 2035 in today’s terms
That leaves tens of billions of pounds of extra spending in the next parliament that will need to be funded
Burnham suggested in an interview with @BethRigby on Wednesday that the care plan could be delayed or phased to make it affordable
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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More detail on this: Andy Burnham's new National Care Service will cover personal care costs - as per the Scottish system - but not residential element of staying in a care home.
Andy Burnham confirms he’ll reform pensions triple lock to help pay for new National Care Service.
PM acknowledges it will be difficult but says that “someone has to go through the pain barrier and rip the plaster off”.
His vision for a universal service that would be free at the point of use for everybody in England will be fully funded rather than coming from borrowing.
Instead, in April 2030 the triple lock will become a double lock and be adjusted to rise in line with 2.5% or inflation - he claims that it will hold value relative to earnings over time.
Burnham adds that low income pensioners won’t be dragged into paying income tax this Parliament.