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Originally Posted by Mr K
Over what timescale? Labour can't be blamed for the massive debt the last Govt kept hidden. You (and others) gave the last Govt 14 years and voted for national suicide (Brexit) . An ageing non productive population is the result. Take some responsibility for your actions and give this Govt the same time to put things right. A few months isnt reasonable. We need to stop wasting money on rich pensioners and give the few youngsters left in this country some hope and reason to stay here. It'll take decades to recover from ancient little Englanders and their constant whinging about their own decisions.
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Hidden massive debt? The figures are published. The £22bn "black hole" was debunked by the OBR.
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Originally Posted by Hugh
Totally agree with you…
On that point…
- The Conservative Party suspended the triple lock in 2021, breaking a Manifesto pledge
- The Conservatives broke a manifesto commitment to fix the social care crisis, and successive Conservative Governments promised to publish a plan to improve social care - Alzheimers UK found that families are being forced to shoulder 63% of the cost of dementia care (equivalent to £51,000 a year on average)
- Boris Johnson pledged in 2019 that no-one would have to sell their house to pay for social care under a Conservative government. In 2020, more than 17,000 pensioners were forced to sell their homes to pay for social care (reported in the Daily Mail).
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The triple lock was suspended in 2021 because of the
artificial increase in wages post-covid. Wages dropped in 2020 and then returned to previous levels giving the appearance of inflated pay rises. Across the 2 years or so there was no big rise, so they kept to the intent of the "triple lock" with inflation linked rises instead. Don't know what the actual figures were, but eg if wages dropped 10% in 2020 and then returned to previous levels, it would give the false impression that there had been an 11% rise in wages, when the actual overall rise was zero.
The quirks of using annual figures showed up again, when there was high inflation. Therefore they got an inflation based increase(10.1%). As a result of inflation, pay rises over the next year shot up, which led to above inflation pension rises(8.5%). They had already received the inflationary increase once over the year before, and so again received another artificially high increase.
If people are living in care homes, then the house ISN'T their home.It is merely an unused asset, so why shouldn't it be sold?