Andy Burnham calls for basic income and overhaul of inheritance tax to fund a National Care Service
Andy Burnham.
This is interesting from Left Foot Forward:
The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has once more reiterated his call for a basic income and also called for an overhaul of inheritance tax to fund a National Care Service, in proposals that have been praised for their bold and radical nature.
Speaking to the New Statesman’s Path to Power conference yesterday, Burnham proposed funding a National Care Service through replacing inheritance tax with a “care levy” that everyone would pay, with the wealthiest contributing the most. Burnham has previously called for a National Care Service so that ‘no one has to worry about care costs in the later stages of their life’.
The former Labour leadership contender also said that Labour ‘won’t be able not to raise the issue of tax’, saying that not all tax increases should be viewed as unpopular.
What do you think of this idea? Do you think Labour should adopt it? If it doesn’t, why wouldn’t it?
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