BBCNEWS Breakfast September 8, 2021 05:34:00
— things like help bathing and taking medicine. the cap doesn't cover the huge expenses of accommodation, food and energy. and then there's changes to the so—called pension triple lock — a promise to link state pension increases to to earnings, inflation, or 2.5% — whichever is the highest. pay rises have been distorted by the pandemic and leaped up to an estimted 8% and so that element is being excluded for a year. so the state pension is likely to rise at a more modest level. we also heard yesterday that the budget and the three—year whitehall spending review will be on 27th octobe...
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