分析人士认为，首相拥有一个“黄金机会”，可以通过削弱养老金“三重锁”保障来为老年人提供更好的保护。如果一位政党领袖准备在选举中承诺一项耗资数十亿英镑的新公共服务——这很可能需要通过增税或限制国家养老金增长来资助——那他确实非常勇敢。
Analysts believe PM has a ‘golden opportunity’ to offer older people better protection in return for weakening the triple lock guarantee It is a brave party leader who is prepared to go into an election promising a multibillion-pound new public service – likely to be funded by tax rises or holding back increases in the state pension.
但安迪·伯纳姆的同事们对这一充满信心的承诺感到兴奋，因为此前七位首相都未能实现建立新的社会护理体系。
But Andy Burnham’s colleagues are excited about the confident promise of new social care system that seven previous prime ministers have failed to deliver.