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The prime minister's Sunday morning BBC interview set hares running when it comes to the future of a policy once seen as politically untouchable.
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it → publish → policy
The timing of the PM's new social care plan sparked suggestions the government could be about to signal the death knell state pension triple lock after 16 years.
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government → spark → years
Andy Burnham will put forward tough decisions to fund a new national care service as part of Labour's next general election manifesto, seeking a mandate to make the changes next Parliament.
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Burnham → put → changes
The triple lock, which in theory expires at the end of this Parliament, means state pensions rise every April by at least 2.5%, or in line with the highest of prices or earnings.
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pensions → expire → prices
Earlier this month, BBC News put this precise question about changing the triple lock in the next Parliament to Chancellor John Healey, who replied "the PM has said, like I have, that we must bring down welfare costs".
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we → put → costs
It was a non-denial reflecting the fact that the PM has been besieged with advice, including from some of his favourite economists, that scrapping the triple lock, or even signalling it is a future possibility, is a golden opportunity for Britain's economic policy at a tricky moment in the bond markets for all heavily indebted nations.
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it → reflect → nations
The UK specifically is seen as a place where successive governments have shirked tough long-term decisions.
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governments → see → decisions
Could this be Burnham and Healey's attempt to shift that perception, even in the slightly wild markets for government borrowing?
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this → shift → borrowing
Reform's leaders see the policy as a key potential dividing line with Labour.
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leaders → see → Labour
Many in Westminster privately agree the Osborne-era policy is unsustainable economically, but argue it is politically impossible to unpick.
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it → agree → Westminster
Many pensions campaigners point to the fact that even after increases, the UK's state pension is not generous by international standards, though other countries have very different systems and rates of private provision.
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countries → point → provision
Former ministers point out that the quid pro quo of redeploying the pension cash savings towards an in kind care service could shift the argument.
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quo → point → argument
The lock is costing £15.5bn a year, treble original estimates of the 2030 cost, especially because of the volatility of prices and earnings.
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lock → cost → prices
Reverting to an earnings link could save tens of billions of pounds a year in the long run.
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Reverting → revert → run
It is the sort of saving that could plausibly fund some form of national care service, potentially with cash left over as a buffer in a volatile world.
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that → fund → world
It had been deemed politically unthinkable, but the government now seems to be thinking about it, at least for the future.
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government → deem → future
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