British Prime Minister Burnham announced that the Labour government plans to establish a national nursing service system during the next parliamentary term. He said the service will be provided free of charge as needed, and nursing expenses will no longer be deducted from the national basic pension. He explained that this system of nursing services is “people-oriented, not profit-oriented,” so people can feel safe and worry-free about their old age care needs; the policy will protect people's real estate and savings, and at the same time give nursing workers proper treatment. Burnham promised to abolish the triple pension lock mechanism starting in 2030. This move may open up additional funding sources for the new social care system. He said that a new double lockdown rule will be introduced: the national pension will be raised every year to take the higher of the inflation price increase and 2.5%, and the new plan will no longer include income growth in the accounting formula. He said that this new nursing system will be a landmark policy, comparable to the establishment of the British National Health Service nearly 100 years ago. “We will make it happen, we will definitely do it.”

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