Burnham Wants New Taxes to Fund Free Social Care
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Andy Burnham is a British politician. He wants a big change in England.
Burnham wants new taxes. Taxes are money people pay to the government.
He wants this money to pay for free social care. Social care helps old or sick people.
Burnham says he wants to fight the next election with this plan. An election is when people vote for leaders.
The prime minister will talk about new plans on Tuesday. The prime minister is the leader of the government.
He will speak at the Labour party conference. A conference is a big meeting.
The prime minister may already expect some criticism. Criticism means people say something is wrong.
This is happening in the Labour party. A party is a group of politicians with the same ideas.
The news comes from the UK. UK means the United Kingdom.
Many people talk about care for old people in England.
Burnham thinks new taxes can help pay for this care.
He wants people to vote for this idea in the future.
Vocabulary15 words
- tax
- money people pay to the government
- social care
- help for people who are old or sick
- election
- when people vote for leaders
- prime minister
- the leader of the government
- conference
- a big meeting
- criticism
- saying something is wrong
- party
- a group of politicians with the same ideas
- UK
- the United Kingdom, a country
- government
- the group that runs a country
- plan
- an idea for doing something
- free
- not costing money
- reform
- a big change to make something better
- politician
- a person who works in government
- vote
- to choose a leader or idea
- leader
- a person who guides a group
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1. Free social care 2. New taxes 3. The Labour party conference
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Andy Burnham is a British _____. He wants a big change in England.
Burnham wants new _____. Taxes are money people pay to the government.
He wants this money to pay for free _____. This helps old or sick people.
Burnham says he wants to fight the next _____ with this plan.
The _____ will talk about new plans on Tuesday.
He will speak at the Labour party _____.
The prime minister may already expect some _____.
This is happening in the Labour _____.
Many people talk about care for old people in _____.
Burnham thinks new taxes can help pay for this care.
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