Scrapping pensions triple lock 'morally wrong', says union boss

OK PUT YOUR DRINK DOWN FOR THIS ONE HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS YET NO YOU HAVE NOT SO ANDY BURNHAM IS ABOUT TO GIVE HIS FIRST LABOUR CONFERENCE SPEECH AS PRIME MINISTER AND HE WANTS AN NHS-STYLE SOCIAL CARE SYSTEM THAT IS FREE AT THE POINT OF USE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW PEOPLE WITH OVER TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS IN SAVINGS GET ZERO HELP FROM THE COUNCIL AND HE SAYS NOTHING IS OFF THE TABLE TO FUND IT WHICH MEANS SPECULATION ABOUT DITCHING THE PENSIONS TRIPLE LOCK AND THE THING IS UNITE BOSS SHARON GRAHAM SAYS AXING IT IS MORALLY WRONG WHEN UK PENSIONERS GET TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED A YEAR AND DEPUTY LEADER LUCY POWELL INSISTS IT IS A MANIFESTO PROMISE SO NOBODY ACTUALLY KNOWS HOW IT GETS FUNDED. ANYWAY I AM GOING TO GO THINK ABOUT MY LIFE.

I PROMISE I AM NOT BEING DRAMATIC BUT ENGLISH SOCIAL CARE IS LITERALLY BEING COMPARED TO AMERICAN HEALTHCARE BY ANDY BURNHAM AND HE SAYS PEOPLE GET COMPLETELY WIPED OUT IF THEY HAVE OVER TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND POUNDS SO HE WANTS A FREE NHS-STYLE SYSTEM AND SAYS NOTHING IS OFF THE TABLE TO PAY FOR IT WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE FORMER MINISTER ALAN MILBURN CLAIMS BURNHAM IS PREPARED TO SCRAP THE SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD PENSIONS TRIPLE LOCK AND NOW UNITE BOSS SHARON GRAHAM IS SAYING THAT WOULD BE MORALLY WRONG TO PICK PENSIONERS POCKETS ON TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED A YEAR WHEN WE HAVE THE LOWEST PENSIONS IN THE G7 AND SHE WANTS WEALTH TAXES INSTEAD WHILE DEPUTY LEADER LUCY POWELL SWEARS ON TV THAT LABOUR IS COMMITTED TO KEEPING IT SO NOBODY KNOWS HOW THIS CARE GETS FUNDED. ANYWAY THIS SONG IS ACTUALLY MY FAVOURITE.

Unite union leader Sharon Graham warned Prime Minister Andy Burnham that scrapping the pensions triple lock to fund free social care would be morally wrong.

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