My generation shouldn’t be scared of a care tax – we’re paying one already | Gaby Hinsliff
Illustration: Thomas Pullin/The GuardianView image in fullscreen Illustration: Thomas Pullin/The GuardianOpinionSocial careMy generation shouldn’t be scared of a care tax – we’re paying one alreadyGaby HinsliffIf Andy Burnham is minded to grasp the nettle, he will need to sell it to people like me. The right will call it a ‘death tax’ – why not a levy for ageing well?Fri 24 Jul 2026 01.00 EDTShareOne of the last things Andy Burnham did before entering Downing Street was to go and see his father.Now living in a nursing home, Roy Burnham has Alzheimer’s and isn’t really aware of his son’s new job. For the alternative is families expending capital – financial and emotional – they don’t have.Generation X is now entering its caring years, and unlike previous generations, attempting it while both halves of a couple are simultaneously working full-time jobs.
- ▪Illustration: Thomas Pullin/The GuardianView image in fullscreen Illustration: Thomas Pullin/The GuardianOpinionSocial careMy generation shouldn’t be scared of a care tax – we’re paying one alreadyGaby HinsliffIf Andy Burnham is minded to g
- ▪The right will call it a ‘death tax’ – why not a levy for ageing well?Fri 24 Jul 2026 01.00 EDTShareOne of the last things Andy Burnham did before entering Downing Street was to go and see his father.Now living in a nursing home, Roy Burnha
- ▪For the alternative is families expending capital – financial and emotional – they don’t have.Generation X is now entering its caring years, and unlike previous generations, attempting it while both halves of a couple are simultaneously wor
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Illustration: Thomas Pullin/The GuardianView image in fullscreen Illustration: Thomas Pullin/The GuardianOpinionSocial careMy generation shouldn’t be scared of a care tax – we’re paying one alreadyGaby HinsliffIf Andy Burnham is minded to grasp the nettle, he will need to sell it to people like me. The right will call it a ‘death tax’ – why not a levy for ageing well?Fri 24 Jul 2026 01.00 EDTShareOne of the last things Andy Burnham did before entering Downing Street was to go and see his father.Now living in a nursing home, Roy Burnham has Alzheimer’s and isn’t really aware of his son’s new job.
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