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From 5m ago Burnham confirms he wants to abandon pensions triple lock after election Burnham turns to the triple lock. It will stay for this parliament, he says. But after the next election the state pension will go up in line with prices, or by 2.5% each year.
And it will hold its value in line with earnings over time, he says, “so that pensioners will always share in the rising prosperity of the nation”. Defending the plan, he says: double quotation mark This change will generate significant savings, which we will use to build up our National Care Service. Some may not realise it, but older people with nothing more than the state pension or only a little more,can find themselves paying care charges today.
Under my plan, this will no longer happen. Key events 2m ago Burnham insists his plans are 'good deal' for pensioners and older people 3m ago Burnham confirms low-income pensioners won't have to pay income tax in this parliament 5m ago Burnham confirms he wants to abandon pensions triple lock after election 9m ago Burnham says he may 'pay political price' for trying to reform social care 10m ago Burnham gives details of proposed National Care Service, saying it won't be funded by borrowing 13m ago Burnham tells care workers: I see you, I thank you, and will do all I can to change system 17m ago Burnham says he has to be 'honest about what country can afford' 23m ago Burnham says new legislation will strengthen public control of water 27m ago Burnham says he wants young people to be able to buy a home 32m ago Burnham says everyone should have a home 34m ago Burnham says Brexit weakened control over immigration 39m ago Burnham says Britain 'has been on wrong path for long time' 54m ago Labour announces cap on permission fees charged landlords 1h ago Rayner suggests Burnham willing to risk his career over social care reform 1h ago How 2024 election result would have been different under proportional representation (PR) 2h ago Jeremy Corbyn says he strongly opposes getting rid of triple lock, and favours wealth taxes instead 2h ago Thinktank says it's time to 'stop being polite about triple lock' as PM expected to call for debate on its future 3h ago Rayner says councils will get more powers to tackle homelessness as she gets rid of 'Tory barriers' holding them back 3h ago Rayner tells conference 'it's good to be back' 3h ago East Midlands mayor Claire Ward says any 'discomfort' in devolving power will be worth it 3h ago Former Irish PM Bertie Ahern says failing to resolve Drumcree crisis would be 'disaster' for Northern Ireland 4h ago Burnham warned that new GB Grid may need more funding for electricity grid upgrade 4h ago Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plans 4h ago Bryant confirms he's 'ever so slighty homosexual', in jibe at report calling him 'colourful' 4h ago Bryant accuses Tories and Reform UK of putting Good Friday agreement at risk with ECHR withdrawal policies 4h ago Chris Byrant urges both sides in Drumcree dispute to 'double down on compromise' 5h ago Rayner says Burnham right to start 'conversation' about funding care reform with triple lock savings 5h ago Unite's Sharon Graham says getting poorer pensioners to fund social care reform 'morally wrong' 5h ago Campaigners claim Miliband saying Palestine Action ban not meant to criminalise 'grannies' will help legal challenge 5h ago Will Burnham float rejoining EU? Speculation persists - though Jonathan Reynolds warns this would cause 'uncertainty' 6h ago Lucy Powell says Labour committed to triple lock for this parliament - but won't say if it could go after election 6h ago Burnham is told axing pension triple lock would be ‘electoral suicide’ as he prepares to address Labour conference Burnham insists his plans are 'good deal' for pensioners and older people Summing up his care and pension plans, Burnham says: double quotation mark Pension that rises every year, no care charges and a high quality National Care Service to give peace of mind in later life.
Conference I aren’t going to go out and argue for that a good deal for our pensioners and for older people in the 21st century. Burnham confirms low-income pensioners won't have to pay income tax in this parliament Burnham says he can also assure pensioners they won’t have to pay income tax if they are just on the state pension during this parliament. double quotation mark I can also confirm today our commitment to ensure that the low-income pensioners won’t be dragged into paying income tax in this parliament. Burnham confirms he wants to abandon pensions triple lock after election Burnham turns to the triple lock.
It will stay for this parliament, he says. But after the next election the state pension will go up in line with prices, or by 2.5% each year. And it will hold its value in line with earnings over time, he says, “so that pensioners will always share in the rising prosperity of the nation”.
Defending the plan, he says: double quotation mark This change will generate significant savings, which we will use to build up our National Care Service. Some may not realise it, but older people with nothing more than the state pension or only a little more,can find themselves paying care charges today. Under my plan, this will no longer happen.
Burnham says he may 'pay political price' for trying to reform social care Burnham admits he may have to pay a price for this. double quotation mark Conference. I won’t pretend some of this won’t be difficult. I accept I may pay a political price.
But someone has to go through the pain barrier and [rip the plaster off]. Burnham gives details of proposed National Care Service, saying it won't be funded by borrowing Burnham gives more detail of the national care service he wants to set up. double quotation mark There’s only one real answer. A person-centred, high-quality care service that starts in the home.
A system in the best traditions of this party where everyone contributes and everyone is covered. Free at the point of use and no care charges paid out of your basic state pension. It is about people, not profit, which gives you peace of mind over care needs in later life, which protects people’s homes and their savings and gives you the proper recognition to the care workers we will all need to rely on at some point in our lives ..
Our landmark policy, as significant as the creation of the NHS itself and utterly essential to securing its future: NHS savings from fewer ambulance callouts, A&E admissions and vulnerable people being stuck unnecessarily in hospital. We will start laying the ground now for the National Care Service and introduce it in the next parliament. Louise Casey’s review will advise us on exactly how and events, and I will seek to build the maximum national consensus around her recommendations.
It will be fully funded and not through borrowing. Burnham tells care workers: I see you, I thank you, and will do all I can to change system Burnham is now talking about care. He says the situation is worse since his gran was in a care home, and had her engagement ring ripped and stolen from her finger.
He says his generation of politicians have been too cowardly to sort out this problem. He says he watched the carers looking after his father carefully. Care workers are “holding a threadbare system somehow together, yet invisible to the political class of this country.” He goes on: double quotation mark I want to speak directly today to our care workers.
You are not invisible to me. I see you. I thank you, and I am sorry that my profession has let down yours for so long.
I promise you, I won’t leave this job without doing everything I can to change things for you. And I say the same to our wonderful NHS staff. Burnham says he has to be 'honest about what country can afford' Burnham says these cuts, announced when he became PM, are a signal of intent. double quotation mark These things are not everything, but I hope you will see it as a sign.
A strong model of our intent to get your bills and fares down. But there is a limit to what the government can do, he says. double quotation mark I have to be honest about what the country can afford. I will stick to our fiscal rules to get borrowing and debt down.
The approach I am outlining today is the responsible one. If we build a generation of council homes, we will save billions from the housing benefit budget over the decade. If we get energy bills down, we will better control inflation and support the economy.
If we change the way we support people, we will get more people into work and the welfare bill down, not through crude cuts – that should never be the Labour way - but by investing in people in their success, supporting them to get where they want to be rather than pay for failure as the country does now. Burnham turns to electricity. He says from Thursday VAT will be taken off electricity bills.
And he confirms that from January bus journeys in England will be capped at £2. Burnham says new legislation will strengthen public control of water Burnham turns to another essential – water. double quotation mark Water is a symbol of what has gone wrong with Britain. A service where the shareholders never lose, the public never win.
The water companies have “siphoned out easy money while the public picked up the bill for the sewage in our seas.” He goes on: double quotation mark It stinks. I will not allow it. Today I can confirm Angela Eagle will present a strengthened water bill to parliament.
The centrepiece of that bill will be this – the repeal of Margaret Thatcher’s ideological [ban on the public ownership of water] ... It will strengthen public control. Mayors will have new powers to hold water, companies to account ...
It will close loopholes used to pay excessive bonuses. Where private companies serve the public interests, we will support them. But the consequences will be clear for those who do not, including taking back control or public ownership.
Burnham says he wants young people to be able to buy a home Burnham says he wants young people to be able to buy a home. double quotation mark I also want to get back to a Britain where young people starting out are able to buy a home like my mum and dad did, like I did. Today I say to [young people, including those with student loans] we are bringing back the hope you can have a home of your own. Burnham restates the pledge he made the day he became PM to end rough sleeping.
And he says Angela Rayner will lead the biggest council building programme since the end of post-war period [ie, the end of the 1970s]. He talks about the new powers being given to powers to take over empty homes. double quotation mark We need to restore stronger democratic control over our housing stock. We will help councils build again.
I’ll make it affordable by building on unused public land. We will reform right to buy, not taking the right away from anyone in an existing home, but removing it from the new homes we build. Go to almost any town across Britain and you will see plenty of empty homes.
We will give councils the power to take control of them and bring them back into the public housing stock. Burnham says everyone should have a home Burnham says he wants more council housing, because for his family having a home “unlocked the aspiration in my mom and dad for a better life for us all, and has taken us to places we could never have imagined.” He goes on: double quotation mark With a good home, everything is possible. Without, it feels like nothing is.
Kids can’t have a good start in life. Families can’t have good health, physical and mental health. Over a million people are in that position of housing waiting lists, almost exactly the same number as the homes we lost through Right to Buy in the 1980s.
I will not rest until we live in a Britain where everyone has a roof over their head every night, and no one is forced to sleep on the streets.
Source: The Guardian
