Labour's Pledge to Pensioners
Introducing Labour’s pledge, John McDonnell said: “It sets out our offer to restore dignity and proper support for older people after being abandoned by the Conservatives....Older people have had their pensions threatened under the Tories and nearly four million women born in the 1950s had their pensions robbed.” Labour regards restoring the value of the WASPI women’s pensions as a debt of honour.
He went on: “The scandalous state of the care system is perhaps the biggest crisis facing our country. Labour will build a new National Care Service with free care for those who need it at the heart.”
Labour promises to:
Introduce free personal care and invest £10.8bn in social care provision.
Keep the free bus pass for older people.
Restore 3,000 bus routes that have been cut under the Tories and give councils the powers to regulate services again.
Stop the Tories taking free TV licences from over-75s.
Compensate the nearly four million women that lost out unfairly when the change in the state pension age was changed without fair notice.
Invest in Warm Homes for All with insulation for every home.
End the injustice of the state skimming 50% off the mineworkers’ pensions schemes.
The Conservatives have cut £8 billion from social care since 2010 – and have not allocated one penny extra to social care in their manifesto. According to Age UK, 1.5 million older people are not getting the care they need.
