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Andy Burnham said that he would make tough decisions to fund a new national care service.
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Despite being pressed on it by broadcasters, the education secretary would not say whether Mr Burnham and chancellor John Healey are considering ending the policy
Any leader serious about governing Britain faces the same uncomfortable question: as the population ages, how much more can younger workers reasonably be asked to pay to maintain promises made in a very different demographic era?
Andy Burnham has pledged to drop the triple lock on state pensions for a so-called ‘double lock’ in Labour’s next manifesto