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Starmer calls Tory social care plan a ‘working-class dementia tax’

The Guardian

Labour leader accuses Boris Johnson of breaking promise that homes would not have to be sold to fund care Politics news – latest updates Keir Starmer has called Boris Johnson’s social care plan a “working-class dementia tax”, accusing the prime minister of breaking the Conservatives’ manifesto promise that no one would have to sell their home to pay (..)

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Labour ditches radical reforms as it prepares ‘bombproof’ election manifesto

The Guardian

Shadow cabinet ministers have been given until 8 Februaryto make policy submissions for the manifesto, as Keir Starmer’s party gears up for an election that, according to opinion polls, looks likely to return it to government for the first time since 2010. Continue reading.

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One by one, England’s councils are going bankrupt – and nobody in Westminster wants to talk about it | John Harris

The Guardian

Our political culture is too Westminster-focused to follow the stories and join the dots; the dreaded term “local government” still causes eyes to glaze over. But all over the country, the picture is now the same, and things are rapidly nearing the point of complete breakdown.

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Labour to omit social care reform from manifesto and scale back Lords plans

The Guardian

Dismay as key proposals are downsized in order to make election offer to voters ‘bombproof’ Labour is preparing to omit plans for large-scale reform of social care from its next election manifesto, scale back its plans for House of Lords reform during a first term in office, and recalibrate the way it presents its £28bn-a-year green prosperity plan (..)

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British politics is rotting from the bottom up: pity our crisis-hit local councils | Simon Jenkins

The Guardian

Starved of powers and funds and then belittled by ministers, the collapse of town hall democracy is a scandal unfolding in real time Every review of Britain 2023 says the same. The country is not being well run. From policing to care homes, from postal services to sewage spills, from youth clubs to potholes, everywhere is failure.

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Matt Hancock says he is ‘profoundly sorry’ for ‘huge error’ in UK’s pandemic planning – UK politics live

The Guardian

Former health secretary says he is ‘profoundly sorry’ for every death and says he knows an apology from him will be ‘hard to take’ The journalist Isabel Oakeshott thinks Matt Hanock is giving a “typically assured” performance.

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Spiralling inflation, crops left in the field and travel chaos: 10 reasons Brexit has been disastrous for Britain

The Guardian

The Labour leader Keir Starmer, who only a few years ago was a passionate advocate of a second referendum on our exit from the EU, now has a five-point plan to “ make Brexit work ”.