Much of the emphasis in the ‘how to solve the care problem’ debate has been on ‘PMI’, Protecting My Inheritance, those that have wanting to make sure they can pass on what they have to those that hope to have it. And virtually all care is now privatised to for-a-profit providers. So we descend into a mess of caps, subsidies, cross-subsidies which are likely to make claiming universal credit look a doddle. Alternatives? Looking north, Scandiwegians don’t have to think about it; but they pay more taxes. Looking south, your elderly relatives live with you and you look after them. Both systems work; but would, doubtless, make our comfortable lives less comfortable.
“Sunak and Hunt accused of ‘damaging UK plc’ over NatWest boss’s exit”
Here’s the flip side. Should a business not have the right to choose whom it serves? If you as a client, or more likely potential client, rub us up the wrong way, are a declared anti-vaxxer or support the barges, can we not, as a business, say ‘Be Gone’?
