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Millions of Pensioners Face State Pension Shake-up as Triple Lock Set to Be Scrapped

The state pension triple lock is planned to change from April 2030, with inflation protection retained as the government seeks savings for a National Care Service.

International Business Times UK · Sep 30

OPINION - Burnham’s big speech was long on emotion, short on details

For those of us old enough to remember the fun days of Margaret Thatcher, this week has had the invigorating element of déjà vu. The Prime Minister’s speech about renationalising utilities, taking homes off neglectful landlords, establishing a National Care Service, tackling the triple lock, electoral reform and, possibly, reversing…

Evening Standard · Sep 30

How should England pay for social care? Germany, Norway and Sweden take very different routes

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has brought forward the deadline for Baroness Casey’s report on social care reform to 2027, from the original 2028.

The Conversation · Sep 30

Andy Burnham eyes immigration exemption for care workers in the UK to ease staffing crisis

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is considering exempting care workers already in the country from tougher indefinite leave to remain rules as part of wider plans to reform social care. The move aims to ease staffing shortages while the government accelerates work on a National Care Service and a review…

The Economic Times · Jul 27

Andy Burnham’s cost-of-living mission must not come at a heavy price

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As the new government performs its first U-turn over tax threshold plans for the lowest paid, the prime minister must show he can match his welcome sense of urgency and compassion with better fiscal discipline

The Independent UK · Jul 22

‘Help has been cut right across the board’: Number of unpaid carers soars by 70% to 1.9m people

Martin McGowan and his wife Sue are among those who have spent their lives caring for one another without pay

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025

Adult social care reforms could see health MOTs for 65-year-olds

The state of adult social care in England is under review by the Casey Commission, which aims to set out a plan for how to implement a national care service

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025

Care reform Bill passes unanimously at Holyrood

PLANS to transform social care across Scotland will be progressed after the Care Reform Bill was unanimously approved in Holyrood ...

The National (Scotland) · Jun 10, 2025

Adult social care must be ‘modernised’ to help London councils on brink of bankruptcy, says care minister

London’s boroughs have warned that they have faced ‘rocketing demand for social care’

Evening Standard · Feb 23, 2025

Former health secretary 'angry' as SNP shelve National Care Service plans

SCOTLAND’S former health secretary has said she is “angry” and “dispirited” after the SNP Government shelved plans to create a National…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 26, 2025