Jenrick urges Burnham to rule out tax rises to fund social care
Burnham has not mentioned introducing an adult social care levy in this form.He told reporters on Wednesday that proposals he put forward in 2009 were intended to stop people having to sell their home in order to pay for their care. Reform and the Green Party were not invited for talks. Both parties expressed disappointment at this.
- ▪Burnham has not mentioned introducing an adult social care levy in this form.He told reporters on Wednesday that proposals he put forward in 2009 were intended to stop people having to sell their home in order to pay for their care.
- ▪Reform and the Green Party were not invited for talks.
- ▪Both parties expressed disappointment at this.
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Jenrick urges Burnham to rule out tax rises to fund social careImage source, Getty ImagesByJames GregoryPolitical reporterPublished3 minutes agoReform UK's Robert Jenrick has urged PM Andy Burnham to rule out future tax rises to fund his plans to fix adult social care in England.Burnham has said he wants to look at existing budgets before considering tax rises but he has not ruled them out, adding that "difficult decisions" lay ahead with funding options to be set out in a review being published next year.Jenrick said any reforms should be paid for by cutting foreign aid and benefit payments for migrants, urging the prime minister to rule out what he called a universal "death tax".Burnham was health secretary in a Gordon Brown government which proposed a compulsory levy which people could…
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