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| 41. Author: wee eck Date: Tue 30th Jul 2024. 12:36 Another broken `promise`? From the Guardian - `Andrew Dilnot, the economist who produced the report saying adult social care costs should be capped, has accused the government of breaking a promise to implement the policy. Speaking to Times Radio, he said that during the election campaign Wes Streeting, who was then shadow health secretary and who is now in charge of health in cabinet, said Labour would go ahead and introduce the cap, as planned by the Tories. Dilnot first proposed a cap in a report published in 2011. Successive Tory governments delayed implementing this plan, but under Rishi Sunak the government was committed to bringing in the cap from October 2025. That would have imposed a cap of £86,000 on how much anyone would have to contribute to the cost of their own care during the course of their life. In an interview with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on 16 June, Streeting said he was committed to this policy. He told her: `One of the things that we’ve committed to is – obviously the cap on care costs is due to come in, I’ve wanted to give the system the certainty this side of the election of knowing we’re not planning to come in and upend that and scrap that.` When Kuenssberg asked him to confirm that Labour would stick to the plan set out by the Tories, and the October 2025 date, he replied: `Yeah, and I’ve met with Andrew Dilnot. What he set out is a framework that can also be adjusted to make it fair and more progressive when resources allow, but that is something that is already there. I’m not interested in tearing things down, until we’ve got something better to put in its place.` Reply |
| 42. Author: Parboiled Date: Tue 30th Jul 2024. 13:05 Aha! Just seen that winter fuel payment is being devolved to Holyrood as from next winter. Known as PAWHP - Pension Age Winter Heating payment. Funding will be transferred and Scotgov already moaning it won’t be enough to pay it to all, but surely they can find the necessary savings to top it up ? Stop opening pretendy embassies, wasting money on Indy papers guff, wasting millions on non devolved issues like foreign aid and climate damage etc Reply |
| 43. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 30th Jul 2024. 13:13 I don`t know why you revel in this stuff Parboiled. Westminster makes decisions that affect the poorest in society and then the Scottish Government has to mitigate their stupidity meaning cuts happen elsewhere. Rather than moaning about embassies any the like why not focus on the billions of backhanders and wastage on pointless schemes like HS2 and aircraft carriers? Reply |
| 44. Author: wee eck Date: Tue 30th Jul 2024. 14:18 Parboiled`s like these Unionists you get on social media all the time. They call Holyrood a `pretendy parliament` equivalent to a `parish cooncil` then in the next post we`ll be told it`s the most powerful devolved government in the world and should be capable of mitigating the worst aspects of Westminster policy. Reply |
| 45. Author: Parboiled Date: Tue 30th Jul 2024. 14:22 Scotgov get more funding per head of population than anywhere in England. How else do you think they find cash to send to Malawi! Reply |
| 46. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Tue 30th Jul 2024. 14:28 The One Who Knocks, Tue 30 Jul 11:48 They certainly grilled my wife ! Reply |
| 47. Author: wee eck Date: Tue 30th Jul 2024. 14:29 `Topic Originator: Parboiled Date: Tue 30 Jul 14:22 Scotgov get more funding per head of population than anywhere in England. How else do you think they find cash to send to Malawi!` Has that not got something to do with the higher density of population in England? We`re still waiting to hear you comment on any aspect of Westminster policy affecting Scotland. Post Edited (Tue 30 Jul 14:57) Reply |
| 48. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Tue 30th Jul 2024. 14:30 From Paul Lewis on X:- Lots of discussion about meanstesting winter fuel payment for pensioners. Noone mentioning the £300 cost of living payment added to it for the last 2 winters won’t be paid this winter. So a £500 or £600 loss to millions of households and £300 less even to those who qualify Reply |
| 49. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 30th Jul 2024. 15:17 Parboiled, Tue 30 Jul 14:22 No it doesn`t. It receives SECOND most. London receives £70 more per head than Scotland but then that`s not a fun thing to admit. Reply |
| 50. Author: Tad Allagash Date: Wed 31st Jul 2024. 23:15 The tax revenue per head in London dwarfs everywhere else though to be fair. Reply |