UK Prepares Social Care Plan Amid Funding Debate

Andy Burnham faces scrutiny over 'unfunded spending' as the new UK PM prepares to unveil a social care plan. Opposition demands clarity on funding sources and potential tax increases.

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Burnham set to unveil plan to fix social care amid questions over ‘unfunded spending’

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I know exactly where I would get the money from, without any hesitation. A big increase in the higher rate of income tax; several new levels of increasingly higher rate; and a swingeing wealth tax on assets above, say, 2 million and on a sliding (upwards) scale. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... Downing Street sources say the new prime minister ‘has the courage’ to fix problems that have bedev